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  Genus Branchiura*

Species B. sowerbyi

Taxon Information

The Species B. sowerbyi has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

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

Literature Records

• Branchiura sowerbyi, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Branchiura sowerbyi, "Known to thrive in heated effluents in Europe. Great Lakes records are from Lake St. Clair to Lake Erie. ... Cosmopolitan. Widespread throughout North America, generally in rivers" (Stimpson & Klemm, 1982).
• Branchiura sowerbyi, "introduced... widely distributed" [North America] (Goodnight, 1959).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Stimpson, K.S. & D.J. Klemm. 1982. A guide to the freshwater Tubificidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 61 pp. [Available online]
• Goodnight, C.J. 1959. Oligochaeta. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 522-537.

Web Pages

• Fauna Europaea
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• World Register of Marine Species