Aquatic Invertebrates of the Ganga River System (Mollusca, Annelida, Crustacea [in part])

Authors:

Hasko Nesemann, Subodh Sharma, Gopal Sharma, Sanjay Nath Khanal, Bandana Pradhan, Deep Narayan Shah, Ram Devi Tachamo

The book contains 227 species which were collected and studied by the authors during the last decade. They are illustrated with 748 figures from freshwater, brackish water and semiaquatic habitats with 76 plates including 12 colored plates. The Mollusca are altogether represented with 108 species, 49 Bivalvia and 59 Gastropoda.  The Annelida were recorded with 6 Polychaeta, 70 Oligochaeta and 33 Hirudinida. The Crustacea are included with 10 examples of Branchiopoda, Mysidacea, Amphipoda, Isopoda and few Decapoda crabs. 19 new invertebrate species are described. The work may be used for identification of species with the help of figures. Instead of using only text descriptions, one can simply compare the invertebrates with the figures to get a first result with the pictorial catalogue. Ecological assessment approach is described with the application of different indices.

The book covers the territory of Nepal, northern India, Bangladesh and Bhutan.

ISBN 978-99946-2-674-8, Hardcover, 263 pp. A4-size,
published 10th July 2007, Kathmandu, Nepal.

For more click here