Journal of the Marine Biological Association of India

First distributional report of Brachionus donneri Brehm, 1951 (Rotifera: Rotatoria: Ploimida) from Kerala, India

Volume 65 Issue 2

M. P. Meharban and Vimala K. John

10.6024/jmbai.2023.65.2.2422-19

Abstract

This work reports the first distributional record of Brachionus donneri Brehm, 1951 in south India from the Enamakkal Lake of Thrissur, Kerala. Though it comes under the oriental endemics, no previous records of this species were available from this area or other parts of Peninsular India except Tamil Nadu. The occurrence of B. donneri in this additional geographic region highlights the range extension of the species

Keywords

Brachionus donneri, Kerala, lake Enamakkal, rotifers, distribution

Date : 15-11-2023