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  Family Dichaeturidae

Genus Dichaetura

Taxon Information

The Genus Dichaetura 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

• Dichaetura, "a rare genus not yet reported from North America" (Strayer et al., 2010).
• Dichaetura, several rare and poorly known species reported from brackish water in Europe, not known in the [United States] (Smith. D.G., 2001).
• Dichaetura, "Not yet reported from [North America]" (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.
• 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.