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Table 1 Species found in high salinity aquatic habitats in México (*found at salinities ≥ 3000 μS cm-1)

From: Rotifers from selected inland saline waters in the Chihuahuan Desert of México

Number

Species

Abbreviation

Sites found

1

Adineta sp. *

AdinSp

34

2

Anuraeopsis fissa* Gosse, 1851

AnurFiss

22, 26, 45

3

Ascomorpha saltans Bartsch, 1870

AscoSalt

17, 21

4

Brachionus angularis* Gosse, 1851

BracAngu

42, 45

5

Brachionus bidentatus* Anderson, 1889

BracBide

45

6

Cephalodella sp.*

CephSp

27

7

Cephalodella forficula* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

CephForf

20, 21

8

Cephalodella gibba* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

CephGibb

18, 20, 22, 23, 27

9

Cephalodella gracilis* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

CephGrcl

3, 34

10

Cephalodella cf. graciosa Wulfert, 1951

CephGrac

21

11

Cephalodella megalocephala* (Glascott, 1893)

CephMega

17, 20, 23, 26, 27, 28

12

Cephalodella panarista Myers, 1924

CephPana

22

13

Cephalodella sterea* (Gosse, 1887)

CephSter

3, 4, 20

14

Collotheca crateriformis Offord, 1934

CollCrat

22

15

Colurella colurus (Ehrenberg, 1930)

ColuColu

24, 26

16

Colurella obtusa* (Gosse, 1886)

ColuObtu

3, 4, 17, 18, 34

17

Colurella uncinata (Müller, 1773)

ColuUnci

20, 21, 22

18

Dicranophorus forcipatus (O.F. Müller, 1786)

DicrForc

20, 23

19

Eosphora ehrenbergi* Weber & Montet, 1918

EospEhre

20, 26, 27

20

Euchlanis dilatata Ehrenberg, 1832

EuchDila

28, 44

21

Gastropus stylifer* (Imhof, 1891)

GastStyl

45

22

Hexarthra oxyuris* (Sernov, 1903)

HexaOxyu

24, 26, 35

23

Keratella americana Carlin, 1943

KeraAmer

17

24

Lecane aeganea Harring, 1914

LecaAega

4

25

Lecane arcula* Harring, 1914

LecaArcu

20, 43, 44

26

Lecane bulla* (Gosse, 1851)

LecaBull

3, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 34, 44

27

Lecane closterocerca* (Schmarda, 1859)

LecaClos

3, 20, 22, 34, 43

28

Lecane cornuta (O.F. Müller, 1786)

LecaCorn

22

29

Lecane crepida Harring, 1914

LecaCrep

24, 44

30

Lecane hornemanni* (Ehrenberg, 1834)

LecaHorn

3, 20, 34

31

Lecane inermis* (Bryce, 1892)

LecaIner

3, 21, 24

32

Lecane leontina (Turner, 1892)

LecaLeot

21, 44

33

Lecane luna* (O.F. Müller, 1776)

LecaLuna

17, 20, 21, 22, 23, 26, 35

34

Lecane lunaris* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

LecaLunr

3, 17, 18, 20, 26

35

Lecane nana* (Murray, 1913)

LecaNana

17, 20

36

Lecane obtusa* (Murray, 1913)

LecaObtu

20, 21, 26

37

Lecane punctata (Murray, 1913)

LecaPunc

17, 21

38

Lecane pyriformis (Daday, 1905)

LecaPyri

3, 17

39

Lecane quadridentata* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

LecaQuad

20, 22, 45

40

Lecane spinulifera* Edmondson, 1935

LecaSpin

21, 24, 26

41

Lecane thalera (Harring & Meyers, 1924)

LecaThal

3, 17, 19, 26

42

Lepadella (= Heterolepadella) heterostyla* (Murray, 1914)

HeteHete

24

43

Lecane undulata * Segers & Dumont, 1993

LecaUndu

3, 4, 24

44

Lepadella ovalis/patella* (O.F. Müller, 1786)

LepaOvPa

1, 2, 3, 4, 17,18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 35

45

Lepadella triptera* (Ehrenberg, 1830)

LepaTrip

17, 20, 21, 26

46

Notholca acuminata* (Ehrenberg, 1832)

NothAcum

20, 22, 23, 24, 26

47

Notommata tripus Ehrenberg, 1838

NotoTrip

21

48

Philodina megalotrocha* Ehrenberg, 1832

PhilMega

18, 20, 21, 28

49

Platyias quadricornis (Ehrenberg, 1832)

PlatQuad

20

50

Polyarthra dolichoptera* Idelson, 1925

PolyDolic

45

51

Polyarthra vulgaris* Carlin, 1943

PolyVulg

45

52

Proales similis* de Beauchamp, 1907

ProaSimi

20, 27, 24, 34

53

Proales sordida Gosse, 1886

ProaSord

18

54

Proales cf. wesenbergi Wulfert, 1960

ProaWese

21

55

Resticula melandocus (Gosse, 1887)

RestMela

23

56

Scaridium bostjani* Daems & Dumont, 1974

ScarBost

20, 28

57

Trichocerca cf. intermedia* (Stenroos, 1898)

TricInte

18, 20, 23

58

Trichotria tetractis (Ehrenberg, 1830)

TricTetr

20

59

Tripleuchlanis plicata (Levander, 1894)

TripPlic

20

60

Unidentified bdelloids*

Bdel

1, 2, 3, 4, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 34, 43, 44

  1. Locality codes: Ojos Altos A* (1), Ojos Altos B (2), Ojos Altos C (3), Ojos Altos D (4), Poza la Becerra (17), Rio Mesquites*(18), Poza Azul (19), Poza Tortugas* (20), Poza Churince (21), Entrance to Ejido El Venado (22), Tio Julio (23), Los Hundidos Main pool* (24), Los Gatos* (26), Las Playitas* (27), wetland north of Los Hundidos*(28), Poza Los Arcos* (34), La Campaña*(35), Rio la Lloviznosa (42), Manantial los Peroles (43), Manantial San Sebastian (44), San Francisco Cattle Tank*(45). Note: For complete list of species found in all Méxican sites sampled contact the corresponding author.