ScienceAsia 33 (2007): 383-387 |doi: 10.2306/scienceasia1513-1874.2007.33.383

Diversity of Rotifer Fauna from Five Coastal Peat Swamps on Phuket Island, Southern Thailand

Supenya Chittapun,^a* Pornsilp Pholpunthin^b and Hendrik Segers^c

 
ABSTRACT:    A total of 133 rotifer species was identified from five coastal peat swamps on Phuket Island. Of these, Dicranophoroides sp.A and Harringia rousseleti were new to Thailand. The most speciose genus was Lecane (30.82%), followed by Lepadella (12.03%). The highest species richness occurred in Jae-Son (100 species), followed by Jik (84 species), Jood (67 species), Mai-Khao (65 species) and Sra-Boua (48 species), respectively. One hundred and ninety-three rotifer species are now known from peat swamps in Thailand.

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^a Department of Biotechnology, Faculty of Science and Technology, Thammasat University, Rangsit Campus, Pathum Thani province 12121, Thailand.
^b Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Prince of Songkhla University, Hat Yai, Songkla province 90112, Thailand.
^c Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Freshwater Biology, Vauttierstraat 29, B-1000, Brussels, Belgium.

* Corresponding author, E-mail: Chittapun@gmail.com

Received 5 Apr 2006, Accepted 2 May 2007