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On a new species of Keratella (Rotifera: Monogononta: Brachionidae)

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A new species of planktonic rotifer, Keratella sinensis n.sp.is described from Lake Yaoquan, Heilongjiang, P.R. China. Itprobably also occurs in the Republic of Korea and Japan. The newmorphospecies is characterised by an unusually smooth lorica, andstrongly reduced lateral anterior spines. It is the first exampleof a planktonic freshwater rotifer, endemic to North EastAsia.

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  1. Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department M.S.E., University of Ghent, K. L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000, Gent, Belgium

    Hendrik Segers

  2. The Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA, 19103-1195, USA

    Hendrik Segers

  3. Department of Biology, Harbin Normal University, Harbin, 150080, P.R. China

    Quang-xi Wang

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Segers, H., Wang, Qx. On a new species of Keratella (Rotifera: Monogononta: Brachionidae). Hydrobiologia 344, 163–167 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1002918730892

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