29Nov 2017

ON A COLLECTION OF FRESHWATER ROTIFERS UNDER FAMILY BRACHIONIDAE (EUROTATORIA: MONOGONONTA) FROM NUNGSHANGKONG RIVER, UKHRUL DISTRICT, MANIPUR, INDIA.

  • Department of Zoology, Pettigrew College, Ukhrul, Manipur, India.
  • Department of Zoology, Jiri College, Jiribam, Manipur, India.
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Taxonomic descriptions of 12 rotifer species belonging to 5 genera under family Brachionidae (Eurotatoria:Monogononta), collected from 5 study sites in Ukhrul district of Manipur in North-East India are reported. The genera-wise species composition was as follows: Brachionus (8 spp.), Keratella (1 sp.), Anuraeopsis (1), Platyias (1) and Plationus (1). Out of the 12 species, B. falcatus was the most abundant species, occurring in all the eight study sites. B. angularis, B. calyciflorus, B. quadridentatus and P. plationus occurred in 3 sites, while Keratella tropica occurred in 4 sites, Platyias quadricornis in 2 sites and Brachionus rubens in 3 sites. The least abundant species was Brachionus urceolaris occurring in only 1 site, followed by Brachionus mirabilis occurring in 2 sites.

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[Ersilia Jajo and Tongbram Rebanta Singh. (2017); ON A COLLECTION OF FRESHWATER ROTIFERS UNDER FAMILY BRACHIONIDAE (EUROTATORIA: MONOGONONTA) FROM NUNGSHANGKONG RIVER, UKHRUL DISTRICT, MANIPUR, INDIA. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 5 (Nov). 1102-1108] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Ersilia Jajo
Pettigrew College, Ukhrul, Manipur,India

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/5872      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/5872

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