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  Subfamily Tubificinae

Genus Potamothrix

    Species P. bavaricus -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. hammoniensis -- Wisconsin!
    Species P. bedoti -- midwestern North America.
    Species P. moldaviensis -- midwestern North America.
    Species P. vejdovskyi -- midwestern North America.

Taxon Information

The Genus Potamothrix 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

• Potamothrix, [North America] (Govedich et al., 2010).
• Potamothrix, 1 species in the Great Lakes region...3 species widespread in the north central U.S....1 species in Great Lakes region and eastward [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Potamothrix, (Stimpson & Klemm, 1982).

Bibliography

• Govedich, F.R., B.A. Bain, W.E. Moser, S.R. Gelder, R.W. Davies & R.O. Brinkhurst. 2010. Annelida (Clitellata): Oligochaeta, Branchiobdellida, Hirudinida, and Acanthobdellida. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 385-436.
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Annelida (Polychaetes, Aeolosomatidae, aquatic oligochaetes, Branchiobdellida, leeches). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 269-325.
• Stimpson, K.S. & D.J. Klemm. 1982. A guide to the freshwater Tubificidae (Annelida: Clitellata: Oligochaeta) of North America. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. 61 pp. [Available online]

Web Pages

• Integrated Taxonomic Information System