Fourteen Rotifer species new to the Belgian fauna, with nomenclatural and taxonomical remarks on some Squatinella-species.

Forty-four rotifer species, of which fourteen are new to the Belgian fauna, were obtained from samples collected in the Botanical garden of the State University of Ghent (Belgium). Admittedly, of these fourteen species, seven are thermophilous and found only in a pool in a hothouse, but the remaining seven represent still a remarkably high number of additional species to the Belgian fauna. This can only be explained by the fact that most research efforts on Rotifera in Belgium were focussing on planktonic habitats. Nomenclatorial and taxonomical remarks on some Squatinella- species are added.