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On Soil Rotatoria from a Lithotelma near Halali Lodge in Etosha National Park in N-Namibia, South Africa

✍ Scribed by Walter Koste


Publisher
John Wiley and Sons
Year
1996
Tongue
English
Weight
679 KB
Volume
81
Category
Article
ISSN
1434-2944

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✦ Synopsis


A soil sample out of a dried rockpool (lithotelma) on a dolomit hill in the Etosha National Park, Namibia, was investigated for possible occurence of rotifers. Besides a numerous and rich microfaunae, e.g. Zooflagellata, Rhizopoda. Acari, Nematoda, Tardigrada and Copepoda, 24 rotifers were found.

Until today, four so far unknown Bdelloidea could be described: Dissorrocha decembnllata n. sp., Dissotrocha hertzogi aculeatu n. ssp., Otostephanos jersabeki n. sp. and Philodina foissneri n. sp.