Journal of Environment and Sociobiology

R. Ranju ¹, L. Bindu ², V. Jayaprakas ¹

Affiliations
1 Department of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, Kerala University, Karyavattom, Trivandrum-695581, IN
2 Marine Biology Regional Centre, Zoological survey of India, 130, Santhome High Road, Chennai-600028, IN

Abstract

This communication gives an account of 14 species of testate amoebae (Rhizopoda: Protozoa) and three species of ciliates, collected from the Karaparambil near Vaikom Road (Kottayam district) in the estuarine sector of the Vembanad Lake, which is an important Ramsar site covering 3 districts of Kerala, namely, Alapuzha, Kottayam and Ernakulam. This communication appears to be the first report of the freeliving protozoans from this lake.

Keywords

Protozoa, First Report, Vembanad Lake, Kerala.

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