Dichaetura

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

Last updated July 08, 2025

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 2 3 "Dichaetura Lauterborn, 1913". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
↑ 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.

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[GBIF-1] 1 2 3 "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.

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