In samples collected from different parts of the Republic of Mali (W-Africa), ninety-two taxa of rotifers were identified. Some were present in different forms; 56% were cosmopolitan, 19% thermophilous with a wide distribution, 20% tropicopolitan and 5% cold-stenothermous. These latter species seem
Contributions to the knowledge of African Rotifers I. Rotifers from Senegal
β Scribed by M. Ridder
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1985
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 401 KB
- Volume
- 120
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1573-5141
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β¦ Synopsis
24 plankton samples, collected in different parts of the Republic of Senegal (W . Africa) were examined for their rotifer content . Seventy taxa were identified to species level, some of which were present in different forms . Thirty three taxa and forms are new to Senegal, three species are new to Africa . Attention is paid to a cruciform population of Asplanchnella sieboldi and to a Brachionus quadridentatus population of very small dimensions . Two new taxa are described : Brachionus cf. angularis and Brachionus bidentatus senegalensis Koste & De Ridder .
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As in the previous publication, the names of genera, species, subspecies are listed alphabetically. Species that were not included in the first paper are in the present list. The country of each species is recorded.
## Material and methods This paper deals with 13 species and one form of the genus Lepadella, collected from Calcutta and its environs (West Bengal) . Out of these 7 are new records from this region . The present study also includes the descriptions of one new species and one new form .
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