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

Shamseldean, Hassan H M,; M, Reham M; Dessoky, A; El  Roby, A S M H

doi:10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512

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

Document Type : Research and Review Papers

Authors

¹ Agricultural Zoology and Nematology Faculty of Agriculture Cairo University Cairo Egypt

² Plant Protection Department Faculty of Agriculture Minia University Minia Egypt

10.21608/jsasj.2023.334512

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

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