Phytotelma[1] (pl. phytotelmata, (Graeceφυτόν 'planta' + τέλμα 'stagnum') est corpus aquae a plantis contentum. Aqua intra has plantas cumulata pro habitationefaunae et florae consociatarum esse potest. Saepe faunae cum phytotelmatibus consociatae sunt unicae. Nonnullae magni momenti sunt; exempli gratia, nonnulli Culicidae, quae vectores morborum sunt, insigniter generisAëdis, plerumque in phytotelmatibus nascuntur.
↑Nomen a L. Varga anno 1928 facta in "Ein interessanter Biotop der Biocenose von Wasserorganism," Biologische Zentralblatt 48:143–162.
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↑B. Maguire (1971), "Phytotelmata: Biota and community structure," Annual review of Ecology and Systematics 2:439–464.
↑J. H. Frank et L. P. Lounibos, Phytotelmata: Terrestrial plants as hosts for aquatic insect communities (Plexus Press, 1983), ISBN 0-937548-05-7.