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The alien species rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis was recorded for the first time in oxbow at the Sozh River flood plain (Dnieper River basin, Republic of Belarus) in August 2013. This species was found in littoral zone at a depth of about 0.5 m.
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Vezhnavets, V.V., Litvinova, A.G. First record of the north American rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) from the Sozh River, Belarus. Russ J Biol Invasions 6, 135–136 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S2075111715020095
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