New recorded species of Magelonidae and Maldanidae (Annelida: Polychaeta) from EL-Tina Bay, Mediterranean coast of Egypt. | ||
| Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries | ||
| Article 8, Volume 12, Issue 4, September 2008, Pages 119-141 PDF (1.33 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2008.2008 | ||
| Author | ||
| Faiza Abd-Elnaby | ||
| National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries, Alexandria, Egypt | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Sediment samples were collected from the eastern north coast of the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea, from El-Tina Bay, north Sinai, 31º 33´ 30″ N, 32º 45´22″ E, using Van Veen grab sampler, during June 2008. Twelve polychaete species were reported; eleven of them are new records for the first time in the Egyptian water. They affiliated to two families; Magelonidae and Maldanidae,including eight genera; Magelona, Praxillella, Micromaldane, Axiothella, Clymenura, Lumbriclymene, Johnstonia and Euclymene, and one species(Euclymene lumbircoides), that was recorded before by Fauvel (1937) in Alexandria.. A full description is provided for each with more details of the arrangement of setae as well as geographic distribution of the recorded species were discussed. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Annelida; Polychaeta; Maldanidae; Magelonidae; Mediterranean Sea | ||
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