Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus), Schwank, 1990

Kolicka, Małgorzata, 2019, Gastrotricha - not only in sediments: new epiphytic species of Chaetonotida from the Jubilee Greenhouse of the Botanical Garden in Kraków, European Journal of Taxonomy 511, pp. 1-100 : 20

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2019.511
publication LSID	lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8FDAD45D-1B7D-446F-8B34-026EDF192210
DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.5620063
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scientific name	Chaetonotus (Hystricochaetonotus)
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Subgenus Hystricochaetonotus Schwank, 1990 View in CoL

Type species

Chaetonotus hystrix Mečnikow, 1865 .

Terra typica

Russia.

Remarks on subgenus

A polyphyletic subgenus in terms of molecular data ( Kånneby et al. 2013), it encompasses 28 nominal freshwater species and 10 marine species ( Todaro 2018). Present in benthic and periphytic habitats (e.g., Kisielewski 1997a).