Abstract
Thirty-one species of Brachionids (Eurotatoria: Brachionidae) are reported from India. Brachionus bennini (Leissling) and B. patulus macracanthus (Daday) are new records from this country. Two new synonyms are proposed. Comments are made on the distribution of the different taxa.
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Sharma, B.K. Indian Brachionidae (Eurotatoria: Monogononta) and their distribution. Hydrobiologia 144, 269–275 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00005561
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