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This paper deals with 25 eurotatorien species (spread over eleven families) collected from Calcutta and its environs (Lower Bengal). Of these, 18 species represent new records from this state while six of them are new records from India.
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Sharma, B.K. Rotifers from West Bengal. IV. Further contributions to the Eurotatoria. Hydrobiologia 65, 39–47 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00032717
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