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, Pages 57-63 PDF (751.58 K) | ||
| Document Type: Research and Review Papers | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512 | ||
| 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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