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  Order Plumatellida

Family Cristatellidae

    Genus Cristatella -- midwestern North America.

Taxon Information

The Family Cristatellidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from midwestern states of North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Cristatellidae, [North America] (Wood, 2010).
• Cristatellidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic; 1 species worldwide] (Massard & Geimer, 2008).
• Cristatellidae, in standing waters or slow currents, on upper side of submerged objects and vegetation; widely distributed but not common [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Cristatellidae, (Rogick, 1959).

Bibliography

• Wood, T.S. 2010. Bryozoans. [in] J.H. Thorp & A.P. Covich (eds.). Ecology and Classification of North American Freshwater Invertebrates, 3rd edition: 437-454.
• Massard, J.A. & G. Geimer. 2008. Global diversity of bryozoans (Bryozoa or Ectoprocta) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 93-99. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Ectoprocta (Moss animals). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 249-268.
• Rogick, M.D. 1959. Bryozoa. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 495-507.

Web Pages

• Indexes to Bryozoan Taxa
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species