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Rotifer diversity in a peat-swamp in southern Thailand(Narathiwas province) with the description of a new speciesof Keratella Bory de St. Vincent

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 March 2009

S. Chittapun ,
P. Pholpunthin  and
H. Segers
S. Chittapun
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90112, Songkla, Thailand
P. Pholpunthin
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkla University, Hat Yai 90112, Songkla, Thailand
H. Segers
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, Ghent University, K.L. Ledeganckstraat 35, B 9000 Gent, Belgium. Present address : Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Freshwater Biology, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
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Abstract

We studied the rotifer fauna of one of the most pristine peat-swamps in the Southern Thai province of Narathiwas, To Daeng peat swamp. The samples yielded a total of sixty-seven rotifer species. Of these, three -Keratella mixta (Oparina-Charitonova), Lecane enowi Segers & Mertens and Monommata dentata Wulfert- are new to the Oriental region and the Thai fauna, one, Keratella taksinensis n. sp., is new to science. The fauna consists mainly of cosmopolitan (sensu lato) species, complemented by some Paleotropical and endemic taxa, and is dominated by littoral-benthonic taxa, especially Lecane and, to a lesser extent, Lepadella.

Keywords

rotiferszoogeographybiodiversitykeratellanew speciesThailandrotifèreszoogéographiebiodiversitékeratellaespèce nouvelleThaïlande
Type
Research Article
Information
Annales de Limnologie - International Journal of Limnology , Volume 38 , Issue 3 , September 2002 , pp. 185 - 190
Copyright
© Université Paul Sabatier, 2002

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