期刊名称：International Journal of Biodiversity and Conservation
电子版ISSN：2141-243X
出版年度：2019
卷号：11
期号：7
页码：183-186
DOI：10.5897/IJBC2019.1282
语种：English
出版社：Academic Journals
摘要：Testate amoebae are a group of free-living heterotrophic protists that have an organic shell or test and play a very good role as bioindicators in the ecological monitoring of environment. Inspite of the importance the percentage contribution of free living protozoans recorded from the Himalayan landscape is only about 12% of the total free living protozoans of India. This portrays a meagre diversity of species from such a highly diversified ecosystem of Himalaya and the true diversity may be far above the recorded number of species. In this study it is herewith reporting two species of testate amoebae viz., Assulina quadratum Van Oye, 1958 and Cyclopyxis leidy Couteaux et Chardez, 1981 for the first time from India from Sangla Valley, Himachal Pradesh.
