A new member of the subgenus Sinobosmina Lieder, 1957: Bosmina tripurae sp. nov. (Crustacea, Cladocera) from India

Authors: Koínek V.¹; Saha R.K.²; Bhattacharya T.³

Source: Hydrobiologia, Volume 392, Number 2, 1999 , pp. 241-247(7)

Publisher: Springer

Abstract:

A new species, Bosmina tripurae is described from South India. The species shares some of the morphological traits with Bosmina fatalis from East and SE Asia, and two other species described recently from North America. They all form a subgeneric group established earlier: subgenus Sinobosmina Lieder 1957. Parthenogenetic females of the new species are superficially similar to the species Bosmina longirostris, which occurs on Indian subcontinent, only in northern high mountain lakes. All reports of the latter species from Indian lowlands are either Bosmina tripurae or some other not yet described species.

Keywords: Bosmina tripurae sp. nov.; Sinobsomina

Language: English

Document Type: Regular paper

Affiliations: 1: Department of Hydrobiology, Charles University, Vinicna 7, Prague 2, Czech Rep. CZ-128 44 (author for correspondence) 2: Ecology Laboratory, Tripura University, Agartala, 799 004 India 3: Department of Zoology, Vidyasagar University, Midnapore - 721102, W. Bengal, India

Publication date: 1999-01-01

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