Dichaetura

Dichaetura
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Gastrotricha
Order: Chaetonotida
Family: Dichaeturidae
Genus:
Lauterborn, 1913

Dichaetura is a genus of gastrotrichs belonging to the family Dichaeturidae.[1]

The species of this genus are found in Europe.[1] Dichaetura filispina has been found only in rice paddies in Shiga, Japan.[2]

Species:[1]

  • Dichaetura capricornia (Metschnikoff, 1865)
  • Dichaetura filispina Suzuki, Maeda & Furuya, 2013
  • Dichaetura piscator (Murray, 1913)
  • Dichaetura surreyi Martin, 1990

References

  1. ^ a b c "Dichaetura Lauterborn, 1913". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
  2. ^ Suzuki, T.G.; Maeda, M.; Furuya, H. (2013-07-19). "Two new Japanese species of Gastrotricha (Chaetonotida, Chaetonotidae, Lepidodermella and Dichaeturidae, Dichaetura), with comments on the diversity of gastrotrichs in rice paddies". Zootaxa. 3691 (2): 229–239. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.3691.2.3.