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Contribution to the Knowledge of the Monogonont Rotifera of Zanzibar, with a Note on Filinia novaezealandiae Shiel and Sanoamuang, 1993
Author(s) -
Segers Hendrik H.,
Koste Walter,
Yussuf Sadiq M.
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
internationale revue der gesamten hydrobiologie und hydrographie
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.524
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1522-2632
pISSN - 0020-9309
DOI - 10.1002/iroh.19960810413
Subject(s) - geography
No Rotifera have previously been recorded from the Tanzanian island Zanzibar. In the present contribution, 34 monogonont rotifers are recorded from the island. Filinia novaezealandiae is reported for the first time since its description. The morphology of this species is re‐examined using scanning electron microscopy. It is suggested that this may be the true identity of many of the tropical‐latitude records of the cold‐stenothermic Filinia terminalis .