A Checklist of Cladocera in The Kufa River, Iraq

Maitham Majeed Jaafar; Sarah Sahib Abbas; Zainab Attia Nassif; Elaf Maged Daham; Noor alhuda Najem; Baneen Raed Sahib

doi:10.55145/ajbms.2024.03.01.001

A Checklist of Cladocera in The Kufa River, Iraq

Authors

Maitham Majeed Jaafar Sc. College of science, University of Kufa, Iraq.
Sarah Sahib Abbas Sc. University of Kufa, Iraq.
Zainab Attia Nassif Sc. University of Kufa, Iraq.
Elaf Maged Daham Sc. University of Kufa, Iraq.
Noor alhuda Najem Sc. University of Kufa, Iraq.
Baneen Raed Sahib Sc. University of Kufa, Iraq.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.55145/ajbms.2024.03.01.001

Keywords:

Bosmina, Daphnia, cladocera taxa, Kufa

Abstract

Cladocera samples were collected from three sites on the Kufa River. The Kufa River is located in the Najaf governorate of Iraq. km long, with a length of (75.25 km). A net with a diameter of 50 cm and a mesh size of 55 μm was secondhand. to collect the Cladocera samples. A total of thirty-one taxa of 14 genera were identified. These genera: Alona, Bosmina, Camptocercus, Chydorus, Ceriiodaphnia, Daphnia, Diaphanosoma, Graptoleberis, Hyocryptus, Latonopsis, Leydigia, Macrothrix, Pleuroxus, Simocephalus belong to six families. Chydoridae was the prevailing family in this study, while Hyocryptidae included only one taxon. Bosmina longirostris, Chydorus sphaericus, Ceriodaphnia sp., and Simocephalus expinosus were recorded in all identified sites. This study aimed to identify the Cladocera species in the Kufa River.

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Published

2023-08-26

How to Cite

Jaafar , M. M., Abbas , S. S., Nassif , Z. A., Daham, E. M., Najem, N. alhuda, & Sahib, B. R. (2023). A Checklist of Cladocera in The Kufa River, Iraq. Al-Salam Journal for Medical Science, 3(1), 1–5. https://doi.org/10.55145/ajbms.2024.03.01.001