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Issue: Vol. 1378 No. 1: 11 Dec. 2006
Type: Articles
Published: 2006-12-11
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.1378.1.4
Page range: 49–59
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Cephalodella ungulata n.sp. (Monogononta: Notommatidae), a new rotifer species from North-West Germany, with notes on C. tenuiseta (Burn, 1890)

Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str., 26129 Oldenburg Germany
Institute of Biology and Environmental Sciences, University of Oldenburg, Carl von Ossietzky-Str., 26129 Oldenburg Germany
Rotifera Cephalodella ungulata n.sp. C. tenuiseta Notommatidae

Abstract

We here describe a new rotifer species Cephalodella ungulata n.sp. from North-West Germany. This species was found in a pH-neutral ditch near Leer (Lower Saxony, Germany) in November 2005. It resembles C. tenuiseta (Burn, 1890), especially its variation americana Donner, 1950. This description is based on light and electron microscopy of both the whole specimen and its trophi.

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