Rotifera from southeastern México, new records and comments on zoogeography

Abstract

LITTORAL AND LIMNETIC SAMPLES FROM 36 WATER-SYSTEMS LOCATED IN THE YUCATAN PENINSULA AND SOUTHEASTERN MEXICO WERE EXAMINED FOR ROTIFER FAUNA. WE RECORDED 128 ROTIFER TAXA, 22 OF WHICH ARE NEW RECORD FOR MEXICO. THESE SPECIES ARE EPIPHANES BRACHIONUS F. SPINOSUS, ANURAEOPSIS NAVICULA, EUCHLANIS SEMICARINATA, MACROCHAETUS COLLINSI, COLURELLA SULCATA, C. UNCINATA F. BICUSPIDATA, LEPADELLA COSTATOIDES, L. CYRTOPUS, LECANE CURVICORNIS F. LOFUANA, L. CURVICORNIS F. NITIDA, L. RHYTIDA, SCARIDIUM BOSTJANI, TRICHOCERCA ELONGATA F. BRAZILIENSIS, DICRANOPHORUS EPICHARIS, D. HALBACHI, D. PRIONACIS, TESTUDINELLA MUCRONATA F. HAUERENSIS, LIMNIAS MELICERTA, PTYGURA LIBERA, HEXARTHRA INTERMEDIA F. BRAZILIENSIS, FILINIA NOVAEZEALANDIAE AND COLLOTHECA ORNATA. ADDITIONALLY, SOME GEOGRAPHICAL COMMENTS ABOUT THE SPECIES ARE GIVEN.