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  Suborder Haplopoda

Family Leptodoridae

    Genus Leptodora -- Wisconsin!

Taxon Information

The Family Leptodoridae 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

• Leptodoridae, [Palearctic, Nearctic; 1 species worldwide] (Forró et al., 2008).
• Leptodoridae, common in northern states but found as far south as TX (Smith, 2001).
• Leptodoridae, [North America] (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

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species