The freshwater zooplankton of Thailand (Rotifera and Crustacea)

Abstract

A list is given of all zooplankton species hitherto reported from Thailand, based on the author's own observations and on the literature .From a comparison with the fauna of some neighbour countries, it appears that important gaps remain to be filled-in.

A revision of the Simocephalus (latirostris) species group (Crustacea: Anomopoda: Daphniidae)

“…Biology : S. mesorostris occurs in shallow ponds (Johnson, 1963 ;Mamaril &Fernando, 1978 ;Idris &Fernando, 1981 ;Michael & Sharma, 1988 ; our data), in rice fields (Mamaril &Fernando, 1978 ;Idris &Fernando, 1981 ; our data), in reservoirs, pools and marshes (Idris & Fernando, 1981), in the river littoral (Dumont & Van De Velde, 1977 ;Boonsom, 1984 ; our data) and in the lake littoral (Rey & Saint-Jean, 1969) . This species has also been found in temporary waterbodies (Johnson, 1963 ;Rajapaksa, 1981) and high altitude reservoirs (>759 m a .s .l .)…”

“…This species has also been found in temporary waterbodies (Johnson, 1963 ;Rajapaksa, 1981) and high altitude reservoirs (>759 m a .s .l .) (Boonsom, 1984) . It lives only among vegetation, in particular, Pistia sp ., Echinochloa sp ., Nymphaea lotus, Vossia sp ., Utricularia sp ., Vallisneria sp .…”

Taxon richness and biogeography of the Cladocera (Crustacea: Ctenopoda, Anomopoda) of Thailand

“…In Asia, classical works were published in the 1970-80s: India (Michael & Sharma 1988), China (Chiang & Du 1979), the Philippines (Mammaril & Fernando 1978), Nepal (Dumont & Van de Velde 1977), Sri Lanka (Fernando 1980) and Malaysia (Idris & Fernando 1981, Idris 1983, and there has been little progress since. In Thailand, in contrast, studies only started in 1984 (Boonsom 1984), but later decades saw faunistic knowledge on the Cladocera boom (Pholpunthin 1997, Sanoamuang 1998, Pipatcharoenchai 2001, Saeng-aroon 2001, Sa-ardrit 2002, Kotov & Dumont 2000, Kotov & Sanoamuang 2004a, Kotov & Sanoamuang 2004b, Sa-ardrit & Beamish 2005, Sanoamuang & Faitakum 2005, Maiphae 2005, Kotov et al 2005a, 2005bSinev et al, 2007, ultimately overshooting the 100 species mark. However, the classification and level of morphological resolution during this period was revolutionized (Kotov 2003, Van Damme et al 2003, Kotov & Hollwedel 2004, Van Damme et al 2005, such that the validity of a number of named taxa needs re-evaluation.…”

Phyllodiaptomus praedictus n. sp. (Copepoda, Calanoida) from Thailand

“…Distribution P. praedictus n. sp. was recorded as P. annae from fish ponds, reservoirs, ricefields, and rivers in Thailand by Lai & Fernando (198 1) and Boonsom (1984).…”