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Marine Rotifera from the Crozet and Kerguelen Islands (Subantarctica), with the Description of a New Encentrum (Monogononta: Dicranophoridae)
Author(s) -
De Smet Willem H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
international review of hydrobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 1434-2944
DOI - 10.1002/1522-2632(200207)87:4<411::aid-iroh411>3.0.co;2-6
Subject(s) - archipelago , fauna , littoral zone , biology , rotifer , taxon , taxonomy (biology) , ecology
As part of a survey of the rotifer fauna of Terres Australes et Antarctiques Françaises, marine rotifers from the littoral of the subantarctic Grande Terre, Kerguelen archipelago and Ile de la Possession, Crozet archipelago are reported. Nine taxa were found: Bdelloidea indet. and eight Monogononta. One species, Encentrum frenoti , is new to science and described.