The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas
Polychaeta
(bristle worms)
AEOLOSOMATIDAE
Aeolosoma sp.
Species reported
from Texas:
Distribution Citations*
1938 Pearson
1971 Kent1977 Bohmfalk
1982 Davis MDCC
1989 Ziser
1992 Ziser
1999b BFL
2002 Moring
*riffles seem to harbor larger populations than do pools (Whitman 1979)
*population densities seem to favored by cooler temperatures (Whitman 1979)
*densities ranged from 20,000 to 1,900,000 per cubic meter (Whitman 1979)
*refs are for reports of genus only; species refs not included here
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