First distributional report of Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938 (Rotifera: Eurotatoria: Monogononta) from peninsular India

Ravi, Asha and Raju, Aju K and Varghese, Molly and Joshi, K K (2020) First distributional report of Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938 (Rotifera: Eurotatoria: Monogononta) from peninsular India. Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India, 62 (1). pp. 116-118.

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Abstract

This work reports the first distributional record of Filinia camasecla Myers, 1938 in south India from the Cochin backwaters on the northern stretch of Lake Vembanad. Earlier, the distribution of this species has been known from Oriental (South East-Asia) and Neotropical biogeographical realms. Though it comes under the oriental endemics no previous records of this species were available from this area or other parts of Vembanad backwaters. The occurrence of F. camasecla in this additional geographic region highlights the range extension of the species.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Filinia camasecla, Lake Vembanad, rotifers, distribution
Subjects: Marine Fisheries > Fish landing > New record
Invertebrates
Invertebrates > Rotifer
Divisions: CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Subject Area > CMFRI > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Subject Area > CMFRI-Kochi > Marine Biodiversity Division
Depositing User: Arun Surendran
Date Deposited: 19 Oct 2020 10:37
Last Modified: 06 Dec 2022 05:43
URI: http://eprints.cmfri.org.in/id/eprint/14703

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