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  Family Dicranophoridae

Genus Albertia

    Species A. typhlina -- North America.
    Species A. bernardi
    Species A. caudata
    Species A. intrusor
    Species A. naidis
    Species A. reicheltae
    Species A. reichelti
    Species A. soyeri
    Species A. vermiculus
    Species A. voronkonvi
    Species A. woronkowi
    Species A. crystallina
    Species A. ovagranulata

Taxon Information

The Genus Albertia 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

  • Albertia, (Segers, 2007).
  • Albertia, several species, most or all of which are ecto- or endoparasites of oligochaetes (Smith, 2001).
  • Albertia, "Nine species... Mostly parasitic in or on Oligochaetes" (Edmondson, 1959).

Bibliography

  • 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.
  • Edmondson, W.T. 1959. Rotifera. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 420-494.

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