New records of brackish water Rotifera and Cladocera from Mexico

Authors

  • S. S. S. Sarma Proyecto CyMA, UNAM campus Iztacal, Av. de los Barrios s/n, CP 54090. Tlalnepantla, Los Reyes Apdo. Postal 314, Edo. de México, México.
  • S. Nandini Proyecto CyMA, UNAM campus Iztacal, Av. de los Barrios s/n, CP 54090. Tlalnepantla, Los Reyes Apdo. Postal 314, Edo. de México, México.
  • Pedro Ramírez García Proyecto CyMA, UNAM campus Iztacal, Av. de los Barrios s/n, CP 54090. Tlalnepantla, Los Reyes Apdo. Postal 314, Edo. de México, México.
  • Juana E. Cortés Muñoz IMTA. Instituto Mexicano de Tecnología del Agua. Paseo Cuauhnáuac B532, Jiutepec, Morelos 62550, México.

Keywords:

New records, Rotifer, Cladoceran, Tabasco, Mexico Brackishwater

Abstract

Zooplankton samples collected monthly from various parts of the brackishwater lagoon Macoacan in the State of Tabasco during the years 1995-1997 revealed the occurence 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 ilustrated and aspects of their distribution are presented.

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Sarma, S. S. S., Nandini, S., Ramírez García, P., & Cortés Muñoz, J. E. (2017). New records of brackish water Rotifera and Cladocera from Mexico. HIDROBIOLÓGICA, 10(2), 121–124. Retrieved from https://hidrobiologica.izt.uam.mx/hidrobiologica/index.php/revHidro/article/view/911

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