The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Oligochaeta

(Aquatic Earthworms)

NAIDIDAE

Stylaria lacustris (Linnaeus)

 

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Synonyms:  Stylaria fossularis Leidy
                      (Howard 1982; Celik 2002)

 

 

 
Distribution Citations

1982 Davis
1982 Davis MDCC
1982 Howard
1985 Campbell Morris Noble

2002 Celik

[ ] indicate state record, no specific county or locality indicated

notes:

-First Texas Record reportec by Davis (1982)

-most records from lentic waters, also found in brackish waters (Davis 1982)

-Dumnicka (1978 in Davis 1982) also reports high numbers in clean reaches of lowland rivers with muddy bottom and macrophytes

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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