Abstract
In addition to ubiquitous forms, the Adrar of Mauretania has a number of rare tropicopolitan species, which occur here in relative abundance. In the Moroccon Atlas mountains, West-African forms meet boreo-alpine forms.
A population of Hexarthra from Atar, Mauretania, was intermediate between the fennica-group and the jenkinae-group.
Contribution n° 28 from project Limnology of the Sahara, under contract n° 2.0009/75 with the Fonds voor Kollektief Fundamenteel Onderzoek, Belgium
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Coussement, M., Dumont, H.J. (1980). Some Peculiar Elements in the Rotifer Fauna of the Atlantic Sahara and of the Atlas Mountains. In: Dumont, H.J., Green, J. (eds) Rotatoria. Developments in Hydrobiology, vol 1. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-9209-2_41
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