Thailand is situated in a tropical and humid climatic
zone and supports a variety of freshwater ecosystems.
In the last five years, attempts have been made
to study the species composition of the Thai rotifer
fauna. In 1994, Segers & Sanoamuang described two
new rotifers, Lecane shieli and Lecane thailandensis
from Nam Pung reservoir, north-east Thailand.
Later, Sanoamuang et al.