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  Suborder Paucitubulatina

Family Dichaeturidae (+ Ichaeturidae)

    Genus Dichaetura

Taxon Information

The Family Dichaeturidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has not been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Dichaeturidae, [North America] (Strayer et al., 2010).
• Dichaeturidae, [Palearctic; 3 species worldwide in 1 genus] (Balsamo et al., 2008).
• Ichaeturidae, several rare and poorly known species reported from brackish water in Europe, not known in the [United States] (Smith. D.G., 2001).
• Dichaeturidae, (Brunson, 1959).

Bibliography

• Strayer, D.L., W.D. Hummon & R. Hochberg. 2010. Gastrotricha. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 163-172.
• Balsamo, M., J.-L. d'Hondt, J. Kisielewski & L. Pierboni. 2008. Global diversity of gastrotrichs (Gastrotricha) in fresh waters. Hydrobiologia 595: 85-91. [Available online]
• Smith. D.G. 2001. Gastrotricha. Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 117-128.
• Brunson, R.B. 1959. Gastrotricha. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 406-419.

Web Pages

• Synopsis of the Described Gastrotricha of the World
• WikiSpecies