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New and rare Rotifera from Thale-Noi Lake, Pattalang Province,Thailand, with a note on the taxonomy of Cephalodella(Notommatidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

H. Segers  and
P. Pholpunthin
H. Segers
Affiliation:
Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department M.S.E., University of Gent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium
P. Pholpunthin
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90112, Thailand
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Abstract

The rotifer fauna present in Thale-Noi Lake, Pattalang Province, Thailand on the 16th September 1995 is reported. A total of 106 species, the majority of which belong to the genera Lecane (31 %), Lepadella (13 %) and Brachionus (9 %) are recorded. Cephalodella songkhlaensis n.sp. and Trichocerca siamensis n.sp. are described, Lecane calcaria Harring & Myers is redescribed. An additional fourteen rotifer species are recorded for the first time from Thailand. The genera Metadiaschiza Fadeew and Paracephalodella Berzins are synonymized with Cephalodella Bory de St. Vincent.

Keywords

rotiferaThailandtaxonomybiogeographyrotifèresThaïlandetaxonomiebiogéographie
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 33 , Issue 1 , March 1997 , pp. 13 - 21
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 1997

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