Additions of Protozoan to Pantanos de Villa fauna, Lima, Peru

Authors

  • Gisella Guillén
  • Elizabeth Morales
  • Ruperto Severino Laboratorio de Zoología de Invertebrados. Facultad de Ciencias Biológicas UNMSM

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v10i2.2500

Keywords:

biodiversity, protozoa, Pantanos de Villa, Lima, Peru

Abstract

Monthly surveys between October 1999 to August 2000 were carried out in nine stations from ponds of the Pantanos de Villa, Chorrillos, Lima. It was determined 128 species of protozoa, distributed in 101 genus, 69 families and 28 orders. A total of 73 species were new report in Pantanos de Villa. At the present time a total of 171 species of protozoa had been reported. The Ciliate was more diverse group with 61,72% of species, following for Mastigophora (21,9%) and Sarcodina (16,4%). The highest abundance was Mastigophora (75%), following Ciliate (19,5%) and Sarcodina (4,5%).

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Published

12/31/2003

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How to Cite

Guillén, Gisella, Elizabeth Morales, and Ruperto Severino. 2003. “Additions of Protozoan to Pantanos De Villa Fauna, Lima, Peru”. Revista Peruana De Biología 10 (2): 175-82. https://doi.org/10.15381/rpb.v10i2.2500.