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New records of Rotifera from India

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Fifteen species of monogonont Rotifera are recorded from India for the first time. These are Lecane acanthinula (Hauer), L. aspasia Myers, L. monostyla (Daday), L. ruttneri (Hauer), L. simonneae Segers, Lepadella costatoides Segers, L. cf. favorita Klement, L. minuta (Montet), L. triba Myers, Notommata pachyura (Gosse), N. saccigera Ehrenberg, Sinantherina semibullata (Thorpe), Trichocerca chattoni (De Beauchamp), T. kostei Segers and Taphrocampa selenura (Gosse). Taxonomic and/or zoogeographic notes are added, when appropriate.

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Ecology and Zoogeography, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    H. Segers & S. S. S. Sarma

  2. Dept. of Zoology, St. Thomas College, 680 001, Trichur, Kerala, India

    F. K. Kakkassery

  3. Dept. of Zoology, Christ College, 680 125, Irinjalakuda, Kerala, India

    C. K. G. Nayar

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Segers, H., Sarma, S.S.S., Kakkassery, F.K. et al. New records of Rotifera from India. Hydrobiologia 287, 251–258 (1994). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00006374

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