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Marine rotifers from the Northern Adriatic Sea, with description of Lecane insulaconae sp. nov. (Rotifera: Monogononta: Lecanidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 March 2008

Diego Fontaneto ,
Hendrik Segers  and
Giulio Melone
Diego Fontaneto*
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Biologia, via Celoria 26, I-20133Milano Imperial College London, Division of Biology, Silwood Park Campus, Ascot, Berkshire SL5 7PY, UK
Hendrik Segers
Affiliation:
Belgian Biodiversity Platform, Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29 B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
Giulio Melone
Affiliation:
Università degli Studi di Milano, Dipartimento di Biologia, via Celoria 26, I-20133Milano
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: Diego FontanetoUniversità degli Studi di MilanoDipartimento di Biologia via Celoria 26 I-20133 Milano or Imperial College London Division of Biology Silwood Park Campus Ascot Berkshire SL5 7PYUK email: diego.fontaneto@unimi.it
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Abstract

During a survey of the marine rotifers of the Northern Adriatic Sea, Italy, we found a total of 20 taxa, including a new species of Lecane. This novelty, Lecane insulaconae sp. nov., occurred in the interstitial area of sandy sediment in the outlet of the Isonzo River, at a salinity of 30‰ and is therefore the first exclusively marine representative of this diverse (~200 species) genus. It is characterized by unique sets of anterolateral projections on the ventral and dorsal lorica. Here, we present the description of the species, together with scanning electron microscopy pictures of trophi of this and some other species, and an account of the marine rotifers encountered during the survey.

Keywords

faunistic surveyItalymarine meiofaunaMediterranean Sea
Type
Research Article
Information
Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom , Volume 88 , Issue 2 , March 2008 , pp. 253 - 258
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2008

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