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Form variation of the rotifer Brachionus variabilis (Hempel, 1896) from the Orinoco River (Venezuela)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 August 2009

E. Vásquez  and
W. Koste
E. Vásquez
Affiliation:
Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, Estación Hidrobiologica de Guayana, Apdo. 51, San Félix, Edo. Bolívar. Venezuela
W. Koste
Affiliation:
Ludwig-Brill-Strasse 5, D-4570, Quakenbrück, Federal Republic of Germany
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Abstract

A description is made of a new form of Brachionus variabilis found in zooplankton samples collected in the Orinoco River. This is also the first record of this species in Venezuela.

Keywords

rotiferBrachionus variabilisform variationOrinoco riverrotifèreBrachionus variabilisvariation morphologiqueOrénoque
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , 1988 , pp. 127 - 129
Copyright
© Masson, 1988

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