The Aquatic Invertebrates of Texas

Oligochaeta

(Aquatic Earthworms)

NAIDIDAE

Monopylephorus helobius Loden

 

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Synonyms: 

Also Reported As:

                     Monopylephorus sp. (undescribed)
                     (Harman, Loden Davis 1979; Davis 1980 SCD-PR)

  
                     

 

 
Distribution Citations

1979 Harman Loden Davis

1980 Davis SCD-PR
1982 Davis

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

notes:

-First Texas Record, as Monopylephorus undescr sp., reported by Harman, Loden & Davis (1979)

-euryhaline species from bays, swamps and saline rivers (Davis 1982)

-inland reports from Pecos River where it occurs with other typically brackish water organisms may represent relict of Pleistocene shoreline (Davis 1982)

copyright:   Stephen W. Ziser    
                          2010

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