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The World of Protozoa, Rotifera, Nematoda and Oligochaeta

Ref ID : 1978

Yan Zhuge, L.A. Kutikova, and Minoru Sudzuki; Notholca dongtingensis (Rotifera: Monogononta: Brachionidae), a new species from Dongting Lake, China. Hydrobiologia 368:37-40, 1998

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Notholca dongtingensis n. sp. was found in the second largest lake of China, Dongting Lake. It is related to Notholca labis Gosse, 1887 and N. kozhovi Vassilijewa & Kutikova, 1969. Its main distinguishing taxonomic features are a square-oval lorica, very short anterior spines, anterior lateral spines curving outwards and protrusile posterior margin of the ventral plate.