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  Family Flosculariidae

Genus Ptygura (+ Pseudoecistes)

    Species P. melicerta -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. pedunculata -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. pilula -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. barbata -- North America.
    Species P. beauchampi -- North America.
    Species P. brachiata -- North America.
    Species P. cristata -- North America.
    Species P. crystallina -- North America.
    Species P. furcillata -- North America.
    Species P. libera -- North America.
    Species P. linguata -- North America.
    Species P. longicornis -- North America.
    Species P. mucicola -- North America.
    Species P. rotifer -- North America.
    Species P. seminatans -- North America.
    Species P. stygis -- North America.
    Species P. tacita -- North America.
    Species P. velata -- North America.
    Species P. agassizi
    Species P. brevis
    Species P. cephaloceros
    Species P. elsteri
    Species P. intermedia
    Species P. kostei
    Species P. lacunosa
    Species P. longipes
    Species P. musicola
    Species P. pectinifera
    Species P. socialis
    Species P. spongicola
    Species P. stephanion
    Species P. tihanyensis
    Species P. tridorsicornis
    Species P. tyhanyensis
    Species P. wilsonii

Taxon Information

The Genus Ptygura 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

• Ptygura, [North America] (Wallace & Snell, 2010).
• Ptygura, (Segers, 2007).
• Ptygura, one species free-swimming; 20 species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Pseudoecistes, 1 rare species [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Ptygura, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Ptygura, (Edmondson, 1959).
• Pseudoecistes, (Edmondson, 1959).

Bibliography

• Wallace, R.L. & T.W. Snell. 2010. Rotifera. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 173-235.
• Segers, H. 2007. Annotated checklist of the rotifers (Phylum Rotifera), with notes on nomenclature, taxonomy and distribution. Zootaxa 1564. 104 pp. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Rotifera (Wheel animals). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 129-190.
• 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.
• Edmondson, W.T. 1959. Rotifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 420-494.

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