Range expansion of Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908) (Rotifera) throughout a biogeographic boundary between the Brazilian savanna and the Amazon

• Published in: Aquatic Sciences
• Main Authors: Gomes, Ana Caroline Alcântara Missias, Macêdo, Rafael Lacerda, Gomes, Leonardo Fernandes, Velho, Luiz Felipe Machado, Rocha, Odete, Vieira, Ludgero Cardoso Galli
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Nature 2022
• Subjects: Rio Araguaia; Invasão biológica; Animais aquáticos; Stepping Stones; Rotifer
• Online Access: https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/43593; https://doi.org/10.1007/s00027-022-00861-8

The freshwater rotifer Kellicottia bostoniensis (Rousselet, 1908), native from North America, has been considered invasive in European, Russian and South American waterbodies. More than reporting its presence, for the first time, in Araguaia River, which plays critical role in a set of floodplain sy...