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  Suborder Onychopoda

Family Polyphemidae

    Genus Polyphemus -- Wisconsin!

Taxon Information

The Family Polyphemidae 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

• Polyphemidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Oriental; 2 species in 1 genus worldwide, 1 Nearctic species] (Forró et al., 2008).
• Polyphemidae, common in northern lakes, ponds, and marshes [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Polyphemidae, (Brooks, 1959).

Bibliography

• Forró, L. N.M. Korovchinsky, A.A. Kotov & A. Petrusek. 2008. Global diversity of cladocerans (Cladocera; Crustacea) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 177-184. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Cladoceran Branchiopoda (Water fleas). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 453-488.
• Brooks, J.L. 1959. Cladocera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 587-656.

Web Pages

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