Rotifera from Burundi: the Lepadellidae (Rotifera: Monogononta) |
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| Authors: | Baribwegure Deo Segers Hendrik |
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| Institution: | (1) Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department Biology, University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium;(2) Laboratory of Animal Ecology, Zoogeography and Nature Conservation, Department Biology, University of Ghent, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B-9000 Gent, Belgium;(3) Département de Biologie, Faculté des Sciences, Université du Burundi, B.P. 2700, Bujumbura, Burundi |
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| Abstract: | We studied the distribution of Lepadellidae (Rotifera) in freshwater habitats in the floodplain of the River Rusizi in northwest Burundi. Twenty-three species belonging to ColurellaBory de St. Vincent, 1824 (3 species), Lepadella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (18 species) and Squatinella Bory de St. Vincent, 1826 (2 species) are recorded, 22 of them are new to Burundi. One of the taxa encountered probably represents an unnamed species. Lepadella arabicaSegers & Dumont, 1993 is recognised as junior subjective synonym of Lepadella eurysterna Myers, 1942 (syn. nov.). Most of the taxa recorded are cosmopolitan or tropicopolitan, two are restricted to the tropical regions of the Old World and Australia, and one, Squatinella lunata Segers, 1993 is an Ethiopian endemic. |
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| Keywords: | Rotifera Lepadellidae Burundi |
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