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Reports of some Freeliving Protozoans from Vembanad Lake, An Important Ramsar Site, Kerala, India


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1 Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, Kerala University, Karyavattom, Trivandrum-695581, India
2 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, India
     

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This communication gives an account of 14 species of testate amoebae (Rhizopoda: Protozoa) and three species of ciliates, collected from the Karaparambil near Vaikom Road (Kottayam district) in the estuarine sector of the Vembanad Lake, which is an important Ramsar site covering 3 districts of Kerala, namely, Alapuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam. This communication appears to be the first report of the freeliving protozoans from this lake.

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Protozoa, First Report, Vembanad Lake, Kerala.
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R. Ranju
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, Kerala University, Karyavattom, Trivandrum-695581, India
L. Bindu
Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, India
V. Jayaprakas
Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, Kerala University, Karyavattom, Trivandrum-695581, India

Abstract


This communication gives an account of 14 species of testate amoebae (Rhizopoda: Protozoa) and three species of ciliates, collected from the Karaparambil near Vaikom Road (Kottayam district) in the estuarine sector of the Vembanad Lake, which is an important Ramsar site covering 3 districts of Kerala, namely, Alapuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam. This communication appears to be the first report of the freeliving protozoans from this lake.

Keywords


Protozoa, First Report, Vembanad Lake, Kerala.