Danish Freshwater Gastrotricha By: Tobias Kånneby, Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden

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Danish freshwater Gastrotricha By: Tobias Kånneby, Department of Zoology, Swedish Museum of Natural History, PO Box 50007, SE-104 05 Stockholm, Sweden

This list is based on the following works: Ehrenberg (1838), Grilli et al. (2010). Full references at end of document.

Phylum Gastrotricha Metchnikoff, 1865 Order Chaetonotida Remane, 1925 [Rao & Clausen, 1970] Suborder Paucitubulatina d’Hondt, 1971 Family Chaetonotidae Gosse, 1864 (sensu Leasi & Todaro, 2008) Subfamily Chaetonotinae Gosse, 1864

Genus Aspidiophorus Voigt, 1903 1. Aspidiophorus paradoxus (Voigt, 1902) Fælledparken, Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

2. Aspidiophorus squamulosus (Roszczak, 1936) Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

Genus Chaetonotus Ehrenberg, 1830 Subgenus Chaetonotus (Captochaetus) Kisielewski, 1997 3. Chaetonotus (Captochaetus) tricuspidatus Schwank, 1990 N. H. M. Pond, Copenhagen

Subgenus Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) Ehrenberg, 1830 4. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) brevispinosus Zelinka, 1889 Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

5. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) disjunctus Greuter, 1917 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

6. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) elegans Konsuloff, 1921 Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

7. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) greuteri Remane, 1927 Fælledparken, Copenhagen

8. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) heterospinosus Balsamo, 1978

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Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

9. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) laroides Marcolongo, 1910 Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

10. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) larus (Müller, 1773) Copenhagen

11. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) maximus Ehrenberg, 1838 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

12. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) minimus Marcolongo, 1910 Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

13. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) multispinosus Grünspan, 1908 Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

14. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) polyspinosus Greuter, 1917 Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

15. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) cf. pratensis Schwank, 1990 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

16. Chaetonotus (Chaetonotus) sphagnophilus Kisielewski, 1981 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

Subgenus Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) Schwank, 1990 17. Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) hystrix Metschnikoff, 1865 N. H. M. Pond and Fælledparken, Copenhagen

18. Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) macrochaetus Zelinka, 1889 N. H. M. Pond, Copenhagen

19. Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus) persetosus Zelinka, 1889 N. H. M. Pond, Copenhagen

Subgenus Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) Kisielewski, 1997 20. Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) brachyurus Balsamo, 1980 Fælledparken, Copenhagen

21. Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) macrolepidotus macrolepidotus Greuter, 1917 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

22. Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) macrolepidotus ophiogaster Remane, 1927 Ermitagesletten, Copenhagen

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Subgenus Chaetonotus (Zonochaeta) Remane, 1927 23. Chaetonotus (Zonochaeta) bisacer Greuter, 1917 Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

Genus Heterolepidoderma Remane, 1927 24. Heterolepidoderma lamellatum Balsamo & Fregni, 1995 N. H. M. Pond, Copenhagen

Genus Ichthydium Ehrenberg, 1830 25. Ichthydium podura (Müller, 1773) Ermitagesletten and Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen; Copenhagen

Genus Polymerurus Remane, 1927 26. Polymerurus nodicaudus (Voigt, 1901) Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

Family Dasydytidae Daday, 1905 Genus Haltidytes Remane, 1936 27. Haltidytes crassus (Greuter, 1917) Utterslev Mose, Copenhagen

References Ehrenberg, C. G. (1838) Die Infusionstierchen als vollkommene Organismen. Ein Blick in des tiefere organische Leben der Natur. pp. 386-390; Tafel 48. Nebst Atlas. Leopold Voss, Leipzig. Grilli, P., Kristensen, R. M., Balsamo, M. (2010) Contribution to the knowledge of the freshwater Gastrotricha from Denmark. Steenstrupia, 32, 79-92.