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  Family Xironodrilidae

Genus Xironodrilus

    Species X. appalachius -- North America.
    Species X. dentatus -- North America.
    Species X. formosus -- North America.
    Species X. pulcherrimus -- North America.
    Species X. bashariae

Taxon Information

The Genus Xironodrilus has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

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

Literature Records

• Xironodrilus, "East-central United States" (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Xironodrilus, 5 species on eastern crayfish [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Xironodrilus, (Goodnight, 1959).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Annelida (Polychaetes, Aeolosomatidae, aquatic oligochaetes, Branchiobdellida, leeches). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 269-325.
• 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