First record of Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) heideri (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from India

Authors

  • Sreerag Krishnan
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Arnab Ghosh
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Daizy Bharti
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • M. Antonio Todaro
     Department of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Via Campi 213d, I-41125 Modena
  • Santosh Kumar
     Zoological Survey of India, ‘M’-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i3/2023/172377

Keywords:

Gastrotrich, Khajjiar Lake, Live Observation, Ramsar Site

Abstract

This study briefly reports a newly recorded gastrotrich species, Chaetonotus (Primochaetus) heideri Brehm, 1917, which was isolated from the water sample collected from the Ramsar site Khajjiar Lake, Himachal Pradesh, India. A brief description of the Indian population, based on photomicrographs taken from live specimens, is presented here. The species is reported to be common in freshwater habitats in many areas of the world and is also known to exhibit variable morphology.

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2024-02-08

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Krishnan, S., Ghosh, A., Bharti, D., Todaro, M. A., & Kumar, S. (2024). First record of <I>Chaetonotus</I> (<I>Primochaetus</I>) <I>heideri</I> (Gastrotricha, Chaetonotida) from India. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 123(3), 255–260. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v123/i3/2023/172377

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Volume 123, Issue 3, 2023

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