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Euplana gracilis Girard, 1853

  site site # (info) collection date kind depth substrate salin comments reference
A Woods Hole,Cape Cod, Massachusetts, USA 223
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1965 or earlier           Bush LF (1964): 36, 37
B Eel Pond, by Woods Hole, Massachusetts, USA 1192
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1935 or earlier         secured specimens from invertebrate staff at Woods Hole in 1935. Found in abundance in the Eel Pond on wharves and pilings among masses of hydroids and sponges,. Hyman LH (1939): 137, 138
C Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1419
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1939 or earlier         formerly common in Boston Harbor Hyman LH (1939): 137, 138
D shore, Connecticut, USA 1420
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1939 or earlier         formerly common along the Connecticut shore. Hyman LH (1939): 137, 138
E Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts, USA 1419
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prior to 1850 type locality         Girard CF (1893): ; from Prudhoe S (citation)- page 85
F Willoughby (Willowbys) Bay, Ocean View, Norfolk, Virginia, USA 1881
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1948 or earlier   shallow   brackish from collection records ranging 1931 thru 1948. Ferguson FF, Jones ER (1949): 436, 439
G freshwater ponds, south Norfolk, Virginia, USA 1882
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1948 or earlier   shallow   fresh from collection records ranging 1931 thru 1948. from ponds and algal masses. Ferguson FF, Jones ER (1949): 436, 439
H Ijmuiden, Netherlands 3740
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2003 or earlier           Faasse M, Ates R (2003): abstract
I Netherlands (Holland, Niederlande) 5466
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2007 or earlier         North Sea Faasse M, Ligthart M (2007):
J East Coast of Florida, Florida, USA 1477
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1940 or earlier         Florida to Prince Edward Island, common. Habits.—Active, among seaweeds, hydroids, tunicates, etc., on pilings, also among old shells, littoral. Hyman LH (1940): 470
K Prince Edward Island, Canada 3689
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1940 or earlier         Florida to Prince Edward Island, common. Habits.—Active, among seaweeds, hydroids, tunicates, etc., on pilings, also among old shells, littoral. Hyman LH (1940): 470
L Port Phillip, Victoria, Australia 4019
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1980         one damaged specimen and several fragments. ..."assumed that the worm had somehow been transported from America, possibly when eggs attached to the hull of a ship hatched in Victorian waters."....or "with oysters or other animals and deposited... Prudhoe S (1982): 365-366

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