Macroinvertebrate Diversity of Indrabeel, West Bengal

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  • Kishore Bharati Bhagini Nivedita College, Department of Zoology, 148, Ramkrishna Sarani, Vivekananda Pally, Behala, Kolkata–700 060, West Bengal ,IN

Abstract

A total of 46 macroinvertebrate species belonging to 5 major groups, viz., crustacea (6 species), insecta (21 species), arachnida (4 species), mollusca (14 species) and annelida (1 species) have been recorded from Indrabeel, Puruliya district, West Bengal. Gastropoda and insecta are the most dominant groups, the latter representing highest diversity of 21 species, followed by gastropods (14 species).

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