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  Family Kenkiidae

Genus Sphalloplana (+ Polypharyngea, + Speophila)

    Species S. hubrichti -- midwestern North America.
    Species S. weingartneri -- midwestern North America.
    Species S. alabamensis -- North America.
    Species S. buchanani -- North America.
    Species S. californica -- North America.
    Species S. chandleri -- North America.
    Species S. consimilis -- North America.
    Species S. culveri -- North America.
    Species S. evaginata -- North America.
    Species S. georgiana -- North America.
    Species S. hoffmasteri -- North America.
    Species S. holsingeri -- North America.
    Species S. hypogea -- North America.
    Species S. kansensis -- North America.
    Species S. kutscheri -- North America.
    Species S. mohri -- North America.
    Species S. percoeca -- North America.
    Species S. pricei -- North America.
    Species S. reddelli -- North America.
    Species S. sloani -- North America.
    Species S. subtilis -- North America.
    Species S. virginiana -- North America.
    Species S. zeschi -- North America.
    Species S. coreana
    Species S. ductosacculata

Taxon Information

The Genus Sphalloplana 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

• Sphalloplana, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Sphalloplana (Polypharyngea), (Artois et al., 2013).
• Sphalloplana (Speophila), (Artois et al., 2013).
• Sphalloplana, [North America] (Kolasa & Tyler, 2010).
• Sphalloplana, 18 species distributed generally in nonglaciated regions [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Sphalloplana, (Kenk, 1972).

Bibliography

• Artois, T., E. Schockaert & S. Tyler. 2013. World Checklist of Freshwater Turbellaria. World Wide Web electronic publication. 59 pp. [Available online]
• Kolasa, J. & S. Tyler. 2010. Flatworms: Turbellarians and Nemerteans. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 143-161.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Platyhelminthes (free-living flatworms). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 77-108.
• Kenk, R. 1972. Freshwater planarians (Turbellaria) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Biota of Freshwater Ecosystems Identification Manual 1. 81 pp. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Turbellarian Taxonomic Database
• World Register of Marine Species