Macro-Invertebrates Fauna of Mangrove Ecosystem in South Sinai, Egypt.
- Biology and Geology Dept., Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
- Zoology Dept., Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assuit Branch, Assuit, Egypt.
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A field survey was carried out on the macro-invertebrate fauna of the mangrove ecosystem in Ras Mohamed and Nabq Protectorates in South Sinai-Egypt, during the period from June 2013 to May 2014. The studied area of Nabq known as Wadi-Kid, it has four sites of mangrove: El-Gharqana, Arwashia, El-Manqata and Abu Zubad. A total of 122 species from the five sites of study was recorded; these species are belonging to the following phyla of invertebrates: Cnidaria, Crustacea, Mollusca and Echinodermata. The highest number of species is represented by molluscan invertebrates, dominated by 108 species followed by Crustacea with 11 species, Echinodermata with two species and finally the Cnidaria represented by one species. The highest diversity of species recorded from Nabq at El-Gharqana site (92 species), followed by Abu Zubad (67 species), El-Manqata (57 species), and Arwashia (49 species). The number of species recorded from Ras Mohamed is 55 species. The pattern of distribution of the species in the present work is different from one site to the others. The highest similarity in the distribution of macro-invertebrates is 69.18 %, calculated between El- Gharqana and Abu Zubad, while the lowest similarity is 48.28 %, detected between Arwashia and Abu Zubad.
[Ahmed R. M. Ibrahim, Maged M. A. Fouda and Nahed Abdou (2015); Macro-Invertebrates Fauna of Mangrove Ecosystem in South Sinai, Egypt. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 3 (Nov). 1577-1594] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com
