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  Infraorder Eukalyptorhynchia

Family Polycystididae (+ Polycystidae)

    Subfamily Gyratricinae -- Wisconsin!
    Subfamily Polycystidinae -- North America.
    Subfamily Acrorhynchidinae
    Genus Alchoides
    Genus Ametochus
    Genus Arrawarria
    Subfamily Duplacrorhynchinae
    Genus Duplexostylus
    Subfamily Gemelliclininae
    Subfamily Porrocystidinae
    Subfamily Psammopolycystidinae
    Subfamily Rognedinae
    Genus Stradorhynchus
    Genus Syltorhynchus
    Genus Triaustrorhynchus
    Subfamily Typhlopolycystidinae

Taxon Information

The Family Polycystididae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from Wisconsin.

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

Literature Records

• Polycestididae [sic], [Wisconsin] (Watermolen, 2005).
• Polycystidae, (Smith, 2001).
• Polycystidae, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Polycystidae, (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Watermolen, D.J. 2005. Aquatic and terrestrial flatworm (Platyhelminthes, Turbellaria) and ribbon worm (Nemertea) records from Wisconsin. Research/Management Findings, Wisconsin DNR (55). 8 pp.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Platyhelminthes (free-living flatworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 77-108.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Hyman, L.H. & E.R. Jones. 1959. Turbellaria. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 323-365.

Web Pages

• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species