Checklist of Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae in Bulgaria.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Until now, a complete checklist of Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae in Bulgaria has never been published. Records for species diversity and distribution in the country were scattered in many faunistic and ecological publications. The aim of the present study is to summarise all data for the species distribution at the level of country by reviewing the existing literature and by additional data obtained in our research over the past two years.

New information

The checklist comprises 171 species, classified into 43 genera, 20 families, three orders, three classes and three phyla. We present data for 16 new Sphagnum-dwelling testate amoebae in Bulgaria and new distribution data for 134 species. Of them, 99 species are recorded from Stara Planina Mt., f

SUBMITTER: Bankov N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5974006 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature