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Thirteen rotifer species belonging to the families Lepadellidae and Trichocercidae were studied taxonomically from nine water bodies in Turkey. Lepadella biloba is a new entry to the Turkish rotifer fauna. All species were drawn under a light microscope using a camera lucida.
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This work has been done under the Socrates-Erasmus Student Mobility Programme (in Gent University and Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences).
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Kaya, M., Altindağ, A. A taxonomic study on the families Lepadellidae and Trichocercidae (Rotifera: Monogononta) of Turkey. Chin. J. Ocean. Limnol. 25, 423–426 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00343-007-0423-z
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