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Thirty six species of rotifers have been reported from Rajasthan including a new species of Monostyla. Lecane dorsicalis ARORA (1965) is regarded as a synonym of L. luna (Muller) 1776.
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Nayar, C.K.G. Rotifer fauna of Rajasthan, India. Hydrobiologia 31, 168–185 (1968). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00206050
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