Brinkhurst, R.O. (1965). Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 117 (4):117-172.
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Brinkhurst, R.O.
1965
Studies on the North American aquatic Oligochaeta II: Tubificidae.
Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia
117 (4):117-172.
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Forty-four species known from North America are described and figured, and a key is erected for their identification. Most of the species described by earlier American workers (Eisen, Moore, Smith, Verrill) were de-discovered, most of the cosmopolitan species have now been reported, and twelve new species are described. The species may be divided into four geographical groups: - Cosmopolitan, Eastern (with at least related species in Europe), Western (related to Asiatic forms), and Pan- American species. Twenty species are unknown outside North America. Some further new species are now known to occur in the Great Lakes, but these will be described in a separate publication
