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First record of the north American rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) from the Sozh River, Belarus

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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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  1. Scientific and Practical Centre for Bioresources, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, ul. Akademicheskaya 27, Minsk, 220072, Belarus

    V. V. Vezhnavets & A. G. Litvinova

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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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