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  Family Lophopodidae

Genus Lophopus

    Species L. crystallinus -- midwestern North America.

Taxon Information

The Genus Lophopus 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

• Lophopus, [North America] (Wood, 2010).
• Lophopus, [1 species] (Massard & Geimer, 2008).
• Lophopus, usually attached to vegetation in standing water; very rare in eastern states [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Lophopus, [North Central United States] (Underhill et al., 1982).
• Lophopus, (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.

Web Pages

• Indexes to Bryozoan Taxa
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System