Heterolepidoderma Remane, 1927

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 : 51

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.5620075
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scientific name	Heterolepidoderma Remane, 1927
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Genus Heterolepidoderma Remane, 1927 View in CoL

Type species

Ichthydium ocellatum Mečnikow, 1865 (= Heterolepidoderma ocellatum (Mečnikow, 1865)) .

Terra typica

Russia.

Remarks on genus

This is regarded as a polyphyletic genus ( Kieneke et al. 2008; Kånneby et al. 2013), which encompasses 22 nominal freshwater species and 10 nominal marine species. It is present in benthic, interstitial and periphytic habitats.