Gastrotricha from the Poznań Palm House — one new subgenus and three new species of freshwater Chaetonotida (Gastrotricha)
Author
Kolicka, Małgorzata
Author
Kisielewski, Jacek
Author
Nesteruk, Teresa
Author
Zawierucha, Krzysztof
text
Zootaxa
2013
3717
2
231
279
journal article
10.11646/zootaxa.3717.2.7
b824315a-0c21-476b-8c94-23b322eef779
1175-5326
246596
27BD65FD-18CF-4E9D-AE77-C7C0137CF1DC
Genus:
Heterolepidoderma
Remane 1927
Typus
generis
:
Heterolepidoderma ocellatum
(Mečnikow, 1865)
Terra typica
:
Russia
It is regarded as a polyphyletic genus (Kieneke
et al.
2008, Kånneby
et al.
2013), which encompasses 22 nominal freshwater species and 10 nominal marine species.
Present in benthic, interstitial and peryphytic habitats.