Rotifers in turkish inland waters

Kaya M., Yiğit S., Altndağ A.

Zoology in the Middle East, vol.40, no.1, pp.71-76, 2007 (SCI-Expanded) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 40 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2007
  • Doi Number: 10.1080/09397140.2007.10638206
  • Journal Name: Zoology in the Middle East
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.71-76
  • Keywords: New records, Rotifera, Taxonomy, Turkey
  • Ankara University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

From a survey of 36 freshwater sites in Turkey, 12 species of Rotifera were recorded as new to Turkey: Aspelta labri, Dicranophorus robustus, Encentrum uncinatum, E. wiszniewskii, Eothinia lamellata, Itura aurita, Lecane arcula, L. hornemanni, L. inopitana, Lindia torulosa, Proales theodora, and Wulfertia kivuensis. These include four genera found in Turkey for the first time (Aspelta, Eothinia, Itura and Wulfertia). © 2007 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.