NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ
Studies in Iraq that concerned identification of free-living Protozoa (sarcodina) are scarce; so the current study deals with these protozoan communities inhabiting the Tigris River in Baghdad City. Sampling collection stations have been selected at each of AL-Gheraiˈat and AL-Adhamiya...
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description | Studies in Iraq that concerned identification of free-living Protozoa (sarcodina) are scarce; so the current study deals with these protozoan communities inhabiting the Tigris River in Baghdad City. Sampling collection stations have been selected at each of AL-Gheraiˈat and AL-Adhamiyah area adjacent to the river. Monthly intervals sampling with three samples were collected from each station from June to September 2020.Total of 23 sarcodina taxa were listed, out of them 5 taxa were new record to the Tigris River in Baghdad: Difflugia urceolata Carter, 1864 (Arcellinida, Difflugiidae), Heleopera perapetricola Leidy, 1879(Arcellinida, Heleoperidae),Rhaphidiophrys pallida F. E. Schulze, 1874 (Centrohelida, Raphidiophridae), Saccamoeba sp. (Amoebida, Hartmannellidae) and Thecamoeba sp. (Amoebida, Thecamoebidae). |
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spelling | doaj.art-3e3b45a8d372464bbf2eb37f1907687c2022-12-22T21:30:44ZengUniversity of BaghdadBulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum1017-86782311-97992022-12-01172219228https://doi.org/10.26842/binhm.7.2022.17.2.0219NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQZahraa Y. Kadhim0 Department of Research & Development, Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research, Baghdad, Iraq.Studies in Iraq that concerned identification of free-living Protozoa (sarcodina) are scarce; so the current study deals with these protozoan communities inhabiting the Tigris River in Baghdad City. Sampling collection stations have been selected at each of AL-Gheraiˈat and AL-Adhamiyah area adjacent to the river. Monthly intervals sampling with three samples were collected from each station from June to September 2020.Total of 23 sarcodina taxa were listed, out of them 5 taxa were new record to the Tigris River in Baghdad: Difflugia urceolata Carter, 1864 (Arcellinida, Difflugiidae), Heleopera perapetricola Leidy, 1879(Arcellinida, Heleoperidae),Rhaphidiophrys pallida F. E. Schulze, 1874 (Centrohelida, Raphidiophridae), Saccamoeba sp. (Amoebida, Hartmannellidae) and Thecamoeba sp. (Amoebida, Thecamoebidae).https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/753moebidaarcellinidacentrohelidaprotozoasarcodina |
spellingShingle | Zahraa Y. Kadhim NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum moebida arcellinida centrohelida protozoa sarcodina |
title | NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ |
title_full | NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ |
title_fullStr | NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ |
title_full_unstemmed | NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ |
title_short | NEW RECORDS OF FREE-LIVING PROTOZOA (SARCODINA) FROM BAGHDAD CITY, IRAQ |
title_sort | new records of free living protozoa sarcodina from baghdad city iraq |
topic | moebida arcellinida centrohelida protozoa sarcodina |
url | https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/753 |
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