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Unusually large forms of Asplanchna sieboldi, Brachionus plicatilis, B. calycijlorus, Filinia pejleri, Trichocerca similis and Keratella slacki were collected from waters of south-eastern Australia. These giant forms are figured, and brief location and ecological data are given. Although the rotifer fauna of the Murray riversystem contains pan-tropical and pan-subtropical species, there exists a greater degree of endemicity than previously considered.
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Koste, W., Shiel, R.J. Preliminary remarks on the characteristics of the rotifer fauna of Australia (Notogaea). Hydrobiologia 73, 221–227 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00019451
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