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Some crustacean zooplankton of Wular lake in Kashmir Himalaya

In a taxonomic survey of crustacean zooplankton collected from Wular lake of Kashmir, a pictorial key was developed. Thirty-six (36) pictures of 25 species of crustacean zooplankton, out of which 21 represented 16 Cladocera taxa belonging to Chydoridae ( Alona affinis, A. rectangula and A. monacantha, Chydorus sphaericus and C. ovalis ), Daphnidae (Daphnia magna, D. catawba, D. magna, D. pulex; D. rosea, D. galeata, D. retrocurva and Moinodaphn ia), Polyphemidae (Polyphemus pediculus ) and Sididae ( Sida crystallina) and 15 pictures of Copepoda belonged to 9 species being represented by three families viz Cyclopidae ( Cyclops scutifer, C. bicuspidatus, C. vernalis, C. panamensis, Eucyclops agilis, Megacyclops viridis) , Canthocamptidae ( Bryocamptus hiemalis ) and Diaptomidae (Diaptomus sp. ). Key words : Crustacean, Cladocera, Copepoda, taxonomy, Wular lake.

A. Pandit | J. Shah

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