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Family Cristatellidae
Genus Cristatella
Species C. mucedo -- midwestern North America.
Taxon Information
The Genus Cristatella 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
- Cristatella, [North America] (Wood, 2010).
- Cristatella, [1 species] (Massard & Geimer, 2008).
- Cristatella, in standing waters or slow currents, on upper side of submerged objects and vegetation; widely distributed but not common [North America] (Smith, 2001).
- Cristatella, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
- Cristatella, (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.
- 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.
- Rogick, M.D. 1959. Bryozoa. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 495-507.
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