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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

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Hendrik Segers; Edinaldo Nelson dos Santos-Silva, and Abilio Lopes de Oliveira-Neto; New and Rare Species of Lecane and Lepadella (Rotifera: Lecanidae; Colurellidae) from Brazil. Belg.J.Zool. 123(2):113-121, 1993

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The taxonomy and distribution of some new or rare species of the rotifer genera Lecane and Lepadella are discussed. Lecane braziliensis n. sp. and Lepadella amazonica n. sp. are described. The presence of Lecane dumonti Segers, L. uenoi Yamamoto, Lepadella lindaui Koste, L. bicornis Vasisht and Battish and L. pterygoida (Dunlop) in the neotropical region is reported or confirmed.