Abstract

SARMA, S. S. S.; NANDINI, S.; RAMIREZ GARCIA, Pedro  and  CORTEZ MUNOZ, Juana E.. New records of brackish water Rotifera and Cladocera from Mexico. Hidrobiológica [online]. 2000, vol.10, n.2, pp.121-124. ISSN 0188-8897.

Zooplankton samples collected monthly from various parts of the brackishwater lagoon Mecoacan in State of Tabasco during the years 1995-1997 revelated the occurrence of 37 rotifer species and two cladoceran species of which five rotifers viz. Platyias leloupi, Ploesoma hudsoni, Synchaeta bicornis, S. hyperborea and Trichocerca marina and one cladoceran viz. Moina minuta are new to Mexican fauna. The recorded species are illustrated and aspects of their distribution are presented.

Keywords : New records; Rotifer; Cladoceran; Tabasco; Mexico; Brackishwater.

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