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  Genus Spirosperma

Species S. nikolskyi (+ S. variegatus, + S. oregonensis)

Taxon Information

The Species S. nikolskyi 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

• Spirosperma nikolskyi, "Holarctic. Known from Alabama, Alaska, Great Lakes and... Schuylkill River, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oregon, Tennessee, and Washington in North America" [includes Peloscolex oregonensis and P. variegatus] (Stimpson & Klemm, 1982).
• Peloscolex variegatus, "Pa." (Goodnight, 1959).

Bibliography

• 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

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System