The Rotifer fauna of Guatemala and Belize: survey and biogeographical affinities

García Morales, Alma Estrella; Gutiérrez, Manuel Elías

dc.creator	García Morales, Alma Estrella
dc.creator	Gutiérrez, Manuel Elías
dc.date	2006-12-15
dc.date.accessioned	2016-05-03T15:30:57Z
dc.date.available	2016-05-03T15:30:57Z
dc.identifier	http://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rbt/article/view/6032
dc.identifier	10.15517/rbt.v55i2.6032
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/26971
dc.description	Rotifer samples were obtained from 29 localities in northern Guatemala and central-southern Belize during March 2000 and June 2001. A total of 119 species were identified. Ten selected taxa are illustrated and commented: Euchlanis semicarinata, Lepadella apsicora, L. cryphaea, Lecane curvicornis f. lofuana, L. whitfordi, Monommata maculata, Scaridium bostjani, Trichocerca elongata f. braziliensis, and T. hollaerti. The species Lepadella rhomboidula is a first record for the American Continent. The species are 71 % cosmopolitan, 6 % tropicopolitan, and 4.2 % restricted to the subtropics. The Guatemala species number range was Petén-Itza lake (53 taxa), and Raxruja pool (three). La Democracia pool (49 taxa), and the Blue Hole sink-hole (six species) were the extremes in Belize. In total, 68 of the recorded taxa are new for Guatemala and 91 for Belize. Additionally, 47 species are registered by the first time in Central America. A comparison between these two countries and Mexico revealed that the south part of the latter conform a cluster with them, emphasizing the transitional character of this region between the Nearctics and the Neotropics. Furthermore, Guatemala and Belize have differences in species assemblages, as a response to the nature of their particular environments and topographical accidents.	en-US
dc.format	application/pdf
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	Universidad de Costa Rica	en-US
dc.rights	Copyright (c) 2014 International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 55 (2) June 2007	en-US
dc.source	Revista de Biología Tropical/International Journal of Tropical Biology and Conservation; Vol. 55 (2) June 2007	es-ES
dc.source	Revista Biología Tropical; Vol. 55 (2) June 2007	pt-PT
dc.source	2215-2075
dc.source	0034-7744
dc.source	10.15517/rbt.v55i2
dc.title	The Rotifer fauna of Guatemala and Belize: survey and biogeographical affinities	en-US
dc.type	artículo original
dc.coverage	CRC	en-US

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