Abstract
Community composition, diversity and density of rotifers were analyzed in shallow lake of Sultanpur National Park, Gurgaon, Haryana (India) from February, 2011 to January, 2012. 32 species of rotifer were encountered belonging to 11 genera, 7 families and 3 orders. Order Monogononta had maximum species richness (27, 85 %) belonging to five families, namely, Brachionidae, Mytilinidae, Trichocercidae, Lecanidae and Gastropodidae. The most diversified genera was Brachionus, represented by eight species, namely, B. bidentata; B. quadridentatus; B. caudatus; B. diversicornis; B. forficula; B. patulus; B. plicatilis and B. calyciflorus. The least dominanted genera which were represented by single species includes Anuraeopsis sp., Gastropus sp. and Mytlina sp.
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