LITTORAL ROTIFERS FROM THE STATE OF MATO-GROSSO, BRAZIL

Rotifer composition of eight small bodies of water along the Transpantaneira highway (Pantanal of Pocone) are incorporated with species composition of six stations from Baia Acurizal (Pantanal of Barao de Melgaco), to give a listing of 172 rotifers from the State of Mato Grosso. One hundred and four different rotifers were identified from the Transpantaneira highway, and 97 species were recorded from Baia Acurizal. New regional records are cited along with comments on biogeography and ecology for the rotifers Dicranophorus hercules Wiszniewski (1932), Filinia passa (Muller 1786), Lindia pallida Harring and Myers (1922), Paracolurella aemula (Myers 1934), and Proalinopsis staurus Harring and Myers (1924). Paracolurella aemula is discussed as being widely distributed in muddy and thickly vegetated habitats of tropical and temperate climates. Lecane (Monostyla) copeis is shown to have a wider tropical range than previously thought.