| The morphological characterization of the abundant amphipods associated with Cystoseira crinita, Duby 1830: a case study from the Egyptian Red Sea coast. |
| Paper ID : 1066-ISCBAS |
| Authors |
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Ghada Elsebakhy *1, Amr Zenia2, Salah Abdel-Gaid22, Faten El feky3, Neveen Mahmoud3 1Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Science, Zoology and Entomology Dept. 2Zoology Department – Faculty of Science (Boys), Cairo – Al-Azhar University 3Zoology Department – Faculty of Science (Girls), Cairo – Al-Azhar University |
| Abstract |
| The present work is aimed to study distribution, occurrence and adaptation of amphipods species inhabited brown algae Cystoseira crinita in relation with temporal variation. Samples were collected during warm and cold seasons 2020, from four replicates sampling points along the northern west Red Sea. A total of 635 individuals of marine amphipods were recorded associated with C. crinita; representing 14 species belonging to 14 genera and 9 families. Temporal variation influences the faunal distribution, where the recorded species of amphipods were 626 individuals (98.6%) during winter while only 9 individuals (1.4%) were recorded during summer season. Data showed that three amphipod species (Ampithoe ramondi, Cymadusa filosa and, Photis lamellifera) collectively comprised 77.5 % of total abundance. The illustrated morphological characterizations of abundant amphipod species for adaptation to live in association with C. crinita are provided herein. |
| Keywords |
| Red Sea – Cystoseira crinite – associated amphipod – biodiversity –adaptation. |
| Status: Abstract Accepted (Oral Presentation) |