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Six water bodies in the region of Kangerlussuaq, West Greenland (67° 30′ N, 50° 46′ W), and four near Ammassalik, East Greenland (65° 36′ N, 37° 38′ W) were sampled. Sixty-nine taxa (2 Bdelloidea, 67 Monogononta) are reported, forty-six of which represent new records for Greenland. Proales pejleri n. sp. is described.
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De Smet, W.H., Van Rompu, E.A. & Beyens, L. Contribution to the rotifer fauna of subarctic Greenland (Kangerlussuaq and Ammassalik area). Hydrobiologia 255, 463–466 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00025874
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