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Opistocystidae

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
FAMILY
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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Annelida
class
Clitellata
order
Haplotaxida
family
Opistocystidae

Name

Synonyms
Opisthocystidae
Homonyms
Opistocystidae
Common names
aquatic oligochaete worm in English

Bibliographic References

  1. Brinkhurst, Ralph O. / Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Barrie G. M. Jamieson, eds., 1971: Chapter 10: Family Opistocystidae. Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World. 640-646.
  2. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Barrie G. M. Jamieson / Brinkhurst, R. O., and B. G. M. Jamieson, eds., 1971: Chapter 4: Phylogeny and classification. Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World. 165-192.
  3. Brinkhurst, Ralph O., and Mark J. Wetzel, 1984: Aquatic Oligochaeta of the World: Supplement. A catalog of new freshwater species, descriptions, and revisions. Canadian Technical Report of Hydrography and Ocean Sciences no. 44. v + 101.
  4. Brinkurst & Jamieson, 1971
  5. Cernosvitov, Leo, 1936: Oligochaeten aus Sudamerika. Systematische Stellung der Pristina flagellum Leidy. Zoologischer Anzeiger, vol. 113. 75-84.
  6. Harman, Walter J., 1969: Revision of the family Opistocystidae (Oligochaeta). Transactions of the American Microscopical Society, vol. 88, no. 4. 472-478.
  7. Harman, Walter J., and Michael S. Loden, 1978: A re-evaluation of the Opistocystidae (Oligochaeta) with descriptions of two new genera. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, vol. 91, no. 2. 453-462.
  8. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
  9. Parker, S.P. (ed). (1982). Synopsis and Classification of Living Organisms. McGraw-Hill, New York. 2 volumes.
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