First Report of Testate Amoebae from Salim Ali-Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary (Baraila Lake), Bihar, India
V. M. Sathish Kumar *
Gangetic Plains Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Patna, India.
L. Bindu
Western Ghat Regional Centre, Zoological Survey of India, Kozhikode-673006, India.
*Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Abstract
Moss associated testate amoebae of The Salim Ali-Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary formally known as Baraila Lake within the Vaishali district, Bihar in Bihar is yet to be reported from the literature. Therefore, this article serves as the preliminary faunal survey attempt to document the state of species richness of testate amoebae in this sanctuary. Testate amoebae belong to the single celled organisms classified under protist fauna characterized by developing outer chitin shells; they are renowned as bio indicators owing to their high reactivity to any changes in the environment. Upon analysing the moss samples collected 11 species of testate amoebae span over 6 genera and 6 families were found during this preliminary investigation. All of these are new records for Salim Ali-Jubba Sahni Bird Sanctuary.
Keywords: Testate amoebae, protozoa, moss, Salim Ali-Jubba Sahni bird sanctuary, pollution indicator