1 74 ROTATORIA 



\'. ROTATORIA I'RKVIOUSLY RECORDED EROM INDIA AXD TIBET 



In the present section we have collected tog;ether all the previous Indian and Tibetan 

 records of Rotatoria, and have revised these lists in accordance with the now generally 

 accepted nomenclature of Harring ( 1913). All species of doubtful validity have teen omitted. 



The earliest Indian list is that of Anderson (1889) who studied the rotifers in the 

 vicinity of Calcutta. The following list of thirty-seven species cnm])riscs all those recorded 

 by him, the nomenclature being standardized as indicated above. 



CoUotlicca oniata (Ehrenberg) 



C. caiiipauulata (Dobie) 



C. aiiihigua (Hudson) 



C. tcnuilohata (Anderson") 

 *FlosciiIaria rini^ciis (Schrank) 



Lhnnias ccratophylli Schrank 



L. vicliccrta Weisse 



Beauchampia crucigera (Dutrochet) 



Ptygura stcphanion (.Anderson) 



Simiittcrina socialis (Linnaeus) 



PhilodUia citrina Ehrenberg 



Rotaria rotatoria (Pallas) 



R. macroccros (Gosse) 



R. mcnto (Anderson) 



Actinurm ovatiis Anderson 

 *Notommata tripus Ehrenberg 

 *CcphalodcHa forficula (Ehrenljerg) 



Monoiiunafa orbis (Miiller) 



Dicranophorus forcipatus Miiller 



DhircUa tigris (Miiller) 

 *Scaridiiuit longkaudiini Ehrenberg 



SqiiatincUa tridcnfata (Fresenius) 

 *Mytilina vcntralis (Ehrenberg) 

 *M. ventraJis breiispina (lihrenberg) 



Etichlanis iiiacnira Ehrenberg 

 *Lecanc lima (l-^hrenberg) 



Monostyla cornuta (Miiller) 

 *ilf. quadridentata Ehrenberg 

 *M. bulla Gosse 



Cohirclla caitdata ( I'.hrcnberg) 

 *LcpadcUa ozvlis (Ehrenberg) 

 *L. triptcra (Ehrenberg) 



L. chrcbcrgii (Perty) 

 *Tcstiidiiu'lla patina form iii/cniicdia (Anderson) 

 *Brachioniis capsidiflorus Pallas 



Brachionus urceolaris Ehrenberg 

 *Platyias patitlus (Miiller) 

 *P. quadricontis (Ehrenberg) 



The species preceded by an asterisk are to be regarded as wide spread, having occurred 

 in our collections also. 



