Avinash İsaac VANJARE, Kalpana PAI

Rotifers from a pond in Pune (India), with the record of Ptygura pedunculata (Edmondson, 1939) (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Oriental region

Phylum Rotifera consists of aquatic, microscopic invertebrates inhabiting the freshwaters of the world. We report on some rotifers from the littoral zone of a pond in the University of Pune, Pune (India) (18°33'16"N, 73°49´28"E). A total of 13 rotifers species were found, including 5 new records to the Maharashtra state. Ptygura pedunculata (Edmondson, 1939) is reported for the first time from India and the Oriental region.

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Key words: Rotifera, Ptygura pedunculata, new record, India, Oriental region

Rotifers from a pond in Pune (India), with the record of Ptygura pedunculata (Edmondson, 1939) (Rotifera: Monogononta) from the Oriental region

Keywords:

Ptygura pedunculata, new record, India, Oriental region, Rotifera,

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