A checklist of the freshwater rotifer fauna of Thailand (Rotifera, Monogononta, Bdelloidea)

Abstract

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Interesting rotifers (Rotifera: Eurotatoria) from floodplain lakes of lower Brahmaputra river basin of Assam, northeast India

“…The disjunct populations of this brachionid known from India only from NEI (Meghalaya, Tripura and Assam) are hypothesized (Sharma & Sharma 2014a, 2014c, 2014d, 2015b, 2015c to their possible recent expansions to the Indian subregion. This taxon is reported from the Oriental region from Vietnam (Zhdanova 2011) and from Thailand (Athibai et al 2013, Sa-Ardrit et al 2013). Brachionus kostei, described from Australia, is known from Papua Guinea and Thailand while Segers (2007) considered its unpublished report from northeast China as a possible example of introduction.…”

“…Besides, the cosmo (sub) tropical Brachionus durgae (Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Goa, Kerala, Maharashtra, Orissa, Tamil Nadu) and Testudinella amphora (Assam) are examples of regional distribution of interest. The latter is known from the Australian, Neotropical and Oriental regions (Segers, 2007); it is examined from the last region from Thailand (Sa-Ardrit et al 2013) and Vietnam (Trinh Dang et al 2013), and Sharma et al (2015) extended its distribution to the Indian sub-region based on collections from the Majuli River Island, upper Assam while Sharma & Sharma (2015c) To sum up, the reports of new records, species of global and regional distribution importance and Eastern Hemisphere elements merit biodiversity and biogeographic interest. The Australasian and Oriental species impart special affinity of Assam Rotifera with Southeast Asia as well as Australia.…”

Interesting rotifers (Rotifera: Eurotatoria) from a subtropical wetland of Meghalaya, Northeast India: new records

“…The cosmopolitan bdelloid Dissotrocha aculeata is rather common in various samples, though invariably contracted, but identifiable. This species is known from the Oriental region from Thailand (Sa-Ardrit et al, 2013) and the present record has extended its distribution to the Indian subcontinent.…”

“…This rotifer is known elsewhere from the Australian, Nearctic, Neotropical, Palearctic, and Oriental regions (Segers, 2007); it is reported from the Oriental region from Thailand (Sa-Ardrit et al, 2013) and its distribution is now extended to the Indian subregion. The cosmopolitan bdelloid Dissotrocha aculeata is rather common in various samples, though invariably contracted, but identifiable.…”

Front Matter

“…Alekseev et al (2013) provide a key for Eucyclops in SE Asia, and Van and Van Damme and Sinev (2013) provide new worldwide keys for several cladoceran genera. Kotov et al (2013) and Sinev and Korovchinsky (2013) provide the first thorough and comprehensive faunistics of cladocerans in Laos and Vietnam respectively, as do Papa and Hołyńska (2013) and Alekseev et al (2013) for the cyclopoid copepods of the Philippines and Indonesia, or Sa-ardrit et al (2013) for the rotifers of Thailand. Brancelj et al (2013), and illustrate how attention to micro-crustaceans in unusual habitats (such as epikarst, temporary pools or swamps), are important for our understanding of biodiversity in SE Asia, as these habitats contain truly hidden diversities and endemics.…”