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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Walter Koste and Russell J. Shiel; New Rotifera from Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia (Trans.R.Soc.S.Aust.) 104(5):133-144, 1980

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One hundred taxa of Rotifera, including six species: Lepadella chengalathi, L. williamsi, Lindia deridderi Koste, 1979, Testudinella walkeri, Filinia australiensis Koste, 1980 and F. hofmanni Koste, 1980 and five new subspecies are recorded from Australia for the first time. Eight new taxa in the genera Brachionus, Keratella, Lepadella, Lecane, Dicranophorus and Testudinella are described and figured. Other species names, with ecological and locality information, are listed systematically.