| Microbial communities living in mosses are known to constitute early indicators of ecosystem disturbances. Testate amoebae are a group of unicellular free-living protozoa which are characterized by morphologically distinct shells (tests) which play an important role in the natural ecosystems as bio-indicators. This communication reports 3 new additions of moss associated testate amoebae viz., Arcella formosa Nicholls, 2005; Galeripora bathystoma (Deflandre, 1928) Gonzalez-Miguens, Soler-Zamora, Villar-dePablo, Todorov & Lara, 2021 and Galeripora scutelliformis Playfair, 1918 to Indian testate fauna from the highly diversified ecosystem, The Himalaya.
Keywords : Moss, Protozoa, Testate amoebae, New records, Himalaya
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