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  Family Eurycercidae

Genus Eurycercus (+ Bullatifrons, + Teretifrons)

    Species E. lamellatus -- Wisconsin!
    Species E. glacialis -- North America.
    Species E. longirostris -- North America.
    Species E. nigracanthus -- North America.
    Species E. vernalis -- North America.
    Species E. beringi
    Species E. cunninghami
    Species E. macracanthus
    Species E. meridionalis
    Species E. microdontus
    Species E. minutus
    Species E. nipponica
    Species E. norandinus
    Species E. pompholygodes
    Species E. spinosus

Taxon Information

The Genus Eurycercus 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

• Eurycercus (Eurycercus), (Kotov et al., 2013).
• Eurycercus (Bullatifrons), (Kotov et al., 2013).
• Eurycercus (Teretifrons), (Kotov et al., 2013).
• Eurycercus, common everywhere in weed beds; a complex of closely related species, designations uncertain [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Eurycercus, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Eurycercus, [North America] (Brooks, 1959).

Bibliography

• Kotov, A., L. Forró, N.M. Korovchinksy & A. Petrusek. 2013. World checklist of freshwater Cladocera species. World Wide Web electronic publication. Available online at http://fada.biodiversity.be/group/show/17. Generated 28 June 2013. 38 pp. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Cladoceran Branchiopoda (Water fleas). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 453-488.
• Underhill, J.C., W.D. Schmid & D.E. Gilbertson. 1982. Taxonomic Keys to the Common Animals of the North Central States, exclusive of the parasitic worms, terrestrial insects, and birds, 4th edition. 205 pp.
• Brooks, J.L. 1959. Cladocera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 587-656.

Web Pages

• An Image-Based Key To The Zooplankton Of North America
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