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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Main Author: Zahraa Y. Kadhim
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Language:English
Published: University of Baghdad 2022-12-01
Series:Bulletin of the Iraq Natural History Museum
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Online Access:https://jnhm.uobaghdad.edu.iq/index.php/BINHM/article/view/753
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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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