Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate
Shamseldean, H., M, R., Dessoky, A., El Roby, A. (2023). Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 8(2), 57-63. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512
Hassan H M, Shamseldean; Reham M M; A Dessoky; A S M H El Roby. "Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate". EKB Journal Management System, 8, 2, 2023, 57-63. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512
Shamseldean, H., M, R., Dessoky, A., El Roby, A. (2023). 'Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate', EKB Journal Management System, 8(2), pp. 57-63. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512
Shamseldean, H., M, R., Dessoky, A., El Roby, A. Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate. EKB Journal Management System, 2023; 8(2): 57-63. doi: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512

Survey and Identification of Copepods occurred at different aquatic habitats in Minia Governorate

Journal of Sohag Agriscience (JSAS)
Volume 8, Issue 2 - Serial Number 14, December 2023, Page 57-63  XML PDF (751.58 K)
Document Type: Research and Review Papers
DOI: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512
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Authors
Hassan H M, Shamseldean1; Reham M M2; A Dessoky2; A S M H El Roby* 2
1Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University Cairo Egypt
2Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Minia University Minia Egypt
Abstract
Copepods are a group of small crustaceans found in 
nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Samples of 
Copepods were collected from different ponds, canals and 
drains along Minia Governorate districts. Adult copepods 
are extracted and used as a startup culture. These stages are 
fed on Paramecium and wheat grain for the preparation of 
pure culture. Air pumps were used to provide the necessary 
oxygen. Other adult stages were preserved in 70% ethanol 
in order to identify the occurred copepods species. 
Identification of copepods was made on the basis of 
morphological characters following the keys of copepods 
According to the different keys for the classification of 
copepods, it was noticeable that the morphological traits of 
the surveyed copepods matched with five species belonging 
to the Cyclopidae distributed in Minia Governorate. These 
species were Afrocyclops gibsoni, Ectocyclops phaleratus, 
Eucyclops serrulatus, Mesocyclops ogunnus, Macrocyclops 
albidus. It was obvious that the surveyed species from 
Cyclopoids differed in their occurrence from locality to 
other all over Minia Governorate. The most occurred 
species in three locations were Mesocyclops ogunnus and 
Macrocyclops albidus in Dafash, Shalaby and Om Sant 
village canals
Keywords
Copepods; Afrocyclops gibsoni; Eucyclops serrulatus; Mesocyclops ogunnus; Macrocyclops albidus
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