Baltic Sea Gastrotricha — one new species and one new record of Chaetonotida from Poland
Author
Kolicka, Małgorzata
Author
Jankowska, Emilia
Author
Kotwicki, Lech
text
Zootaxa
2015
4027
4
487
508
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.4027.4.2
88950062-2e22-4618-bf41-708d0b0ac5a2
1175-5326
232762
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Genus:
Heterolepidoderma
Remane, 1927
Typus
generis
:
Heterolepidoderma ocellatum
(
Mečnikow, 1865
)
Terra typica
:
Russia
Heterolepidoderma
Remane, 1927
is considered a polyphyletic genus (
Kieneke
et al.
2008
, Kånneby
et al.
2012, 2013) that encompasses 21 nominal freshwater species and 13 nominal marine species (Todaro 2015;
Kieneke
et
Schmidt-Rhaesa 2015
). It is present in benthic, interstitial and peryphytic habitats (
Kisielewski 1997
).