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  Subfamily Gyratricinae

Genus Gyratrix

    Species G. hermaphroditus -- Wisconsin!
    Species G. proaviformis -- North America.
    Species G. sinensis
    Species G. proavus

Taxon Information

The Genus Gyratrix 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

• Gyratrix, (Artois et al., 2013).
• Gyratrix, [Wisconsin] (Watermolen, 2005).
• Gyratrix, a difficult complex of similar species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Gyratrix, "Single species reported from fresh water in [North America]" (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