Two Freshwater Flagellates from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal

Authors

  • Daizy Bharti
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal
  • Santosh Kumar
     Zoological Survey of India, Prani Vigyan Bhawan, M-Block, New Alipore, Kolkata – 700053, West Bengal

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/142050

Keywords:

Flagellates, Morphology, Protargol Staining, Protected Areas.

Abstract

During the study of the diversity of free living protozoan ciliates from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal, two free-living flagellates were identified, namely Rhabdomonas costata (Korshikov) Pringsheim, 1951 and Entosiphon sulcatum Skvortzov and Noda 1969. Brief description, based on live observation and silver stained preparations has been provided for both species. The attempt to stain the specimens using the silver staining technique resulted in impregnation of the nuclear apparatus and flagella rendering easy morphological measurements and studying variations.

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Published

2019-12-31

How to Cite

Bharti, D., & Kumar, S. (2019). Two Freshwater Flagellates from the Mahananda Wildlife Sanctuary, West Bengal. Records of the Zoological Survey of India, 119(4), 451–455. https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v119/i4/2019/142050

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Volume 119, Issue 4, 2019

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