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  Subfamily Rhynchomesostominae

Genus Rhynchomesostoma

    Species R. rostratum -- Wisconsin!
    Species R. inaliensis
    Species R. lutheri

Taxon Information

The Genus Rhynchomesostoma 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

• Rhynchomesostoma, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Rhychomesostoma, [Wisconsin] (Watermolen, 2005).
• Rhynchomesostoma, 1 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Rhynchomesostoma, (Hyman & Jones, 1959).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• 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.
• 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
• World Register of Marine Species