The rotifer fauna of peat-swamps in southern Thailand

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

“…The number of rotifers on record is highest in the northeastern part (275 species) (Sanoamuang et al, 1995;Savatenalinton, 1999, 2001;Segers et al, 2004;Savatenalinton and Segers, 2005), followed by the southern part (261 species) (Pholpunthin, 1997;Segers and Pholpunthin, 1997;Pholpunthin and Chittapun, 1998;Chittapun et al, 1999Chittapun et al, , 2002Chittapun et al, , 2003Chittapun et al, , 2005Chittapun et al, , 2007Chittapun and Pholpunthin, 2001;Segers and Chittapun, 2001;Sanoamuang, 2007;Meksuwun et al, 2011), the central part (182 species) (De Ridder, 1971;Koste, 1975;Sanoamuang and Segers, 1997;Jithland and Wongrat, 2006;Teeramaethee et al, 2006;Savatenalinton and Segers, 2008;Chittapun et al, 2009;Chittapun, 2011) and the northern part (115 species) (De Ridder, 1971;Sanoamuang, 1998).…”

“…: Lepadella triptera f. alata; Sanoamuang and Savatenalinton, 2001;Segers, 2004273 Lepadella (Lepadella) vandenbrandei Gillard, 1952 274 Lepadella (Heterolepadella) apsicora Myers, 1834 NE, S 4, 5, 7, 13, 15, 17, 20, 23, 24 275 Lepadella (Heterolepadella) ehrenbergii (Perty, 1850) N, NE,C,S 4,9,13,15,17,20,22,23 276 Lepadella (Heterolepadella) heterostyla (Murray, 1913) NE, S 5, 7, 17, 20 277 Lepadella (Xenolepadella) monodactyla Berzins, 1960 NE, C, S 2, 13, 15, 23 Syn. : Lepadella monostyla f. caudata (Koste, 1972) 278 Paracolurella aemula (Myers, 1934) S 16 279 Squatinella lamellaris (Müller, 1786) NE, S 4, 5, 7, 13, 17, 23 Syn.: Squatinella mutica (Ehrenberg): Chittapun & Pholpunthin, 2001;Chittapun et al, 2007 Syn. : Squatinella lamellaris (Müller) f. mutica (Ehrenberg): Sanoamuang et al, 1995;Sanoamuang & Savatenalinton, 2001;Segers et al, 2004 280 Squatinella leydigii (Zacharias, 1886) S 10, 15 Incl.…”

“…368 Trichocerca siamensis Segers & Pholpunthin, 1997 NE, S 7, 13, 15, 20 369 Trichocerca similis (Wierzejski, 1893) N, NE, C, S 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24 370 Sanoamuang et al, 1995;Pholpunthin, 1997;Segers & Pholpunthin, 1997;Chittapun & Pholpunthin, 2001;Sanoamuang & Savatenalinton, 2001;Segers et al, 2004 377 Trichocerca vernalis (Hauer, 1936) NE 13 378 Trichocerca weberi (Jennings, 1903) NE, S 13, 17, 20, 23 Family Trichotriidae 379 Macrochaetus collinsii (Gosse, 1867) N, NE, C, S 2, 4,9,10,12,13,15,17,20,22,23,24 380 Macrochaetus danneelae Koste & Shiel, 1983 N, NE 9, 13, 17, 24 381 Macrochaetus longipes Myers, 1934 N, NE, C 4, 9, 13, 17, 22, 24 382 387 Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938 N, NE, C 4, 9, 13, 17, 20, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28 388 Filinia longiseta (Ehrenberg, 1834) N, NE, C, S 1, 3, 4, 9, 10, 17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26 Incl. : Filinia longiseta var.…”

Rotifer diversity in a peat-swamp in southern Thailand (Narathiwas province) with the description of a new species ofKeratella Boryde St. Vincent

“…Recently, the study of Rotifera inhabiting peat swamps in Thailand, representing the most diverse group of primary freshwater Metazoa in these peculiar tropical ecosystems, has attracted much interest (e.g., Chittapun et al 1999, Chittapun & Pholpunthin 2001, Segers & Chittapun 2001. However, all studies to date, report on peat swamps that have been influenced, to a greater or lesser extent, by human activities such as farming.…”

Inland swamps in South East Asia harbour hidden cladoceran diversities: species richness and the description of new paludal Chydoridae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Cladocera) from Southern Thailand

“…Peat swamps in S Thailand, either inland swamps related to river systems or those originating from marine transgressions, have proven to be valuable habitats for freshwater biodiversity (fish: Conway and Kottelat, 2011;rotifers: Chittapun et al, 1999;Chittapun and Pholpunthin, 2001;Chittapun et al, 2002Chittapun et al, , 2003Chittapun et al, , 2007. Chittapun and Pholphuntin (2001) note for the Thai Rotifera, that peat swamps are underestimated habitats with high diversities: most of the studies sampled canals, rivers, ponds, rice fields or reservoirs, but peat-swamps, an important wetland habitat in Thailand, have largely been ignored… peat-swamps are interesting areas for the study of rotifer biodiversity.…”