Biodiversityand distribution of the carcinological fauna

Distribution of cyclopoids in Algeria

Class Copepoda Milne Edwards, 1830 Order Cyclopoida Burmeister, 1834 Family Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 Subfamily Cyclopinae Kiefer, 1927 Acanthocyclops trajani (Mirabdullayev & Defaye, 2002), recorded by Cherbi et al.(2008) in Boukourdane Dam (Tipaza), Hamaidi et al.(2010) in five Dams Lakes (Boukourdane, Lekhal, Taksebt, Ghrib, Keddara) and Wadi Chiffa, and this study. Acanthocyclops robustus (Sars G.O., 1863), recorded by Gauthier (1928a) in Fetzara marsh from Annaba province. Acanthocyclops vernalis (Fischer, 1853), recorded by Roy & Gauthier (1927) in Wadi Boudjema from Annaba province, pond near El Kala,Gauthier (1928a) in Wadi Boudjema, Dumont et al.(1979) in Swamps bordering Lac des Oiseaux, swamps and pools between Lac des Oiseaux and Oubeira Lake, northern edge of Oubeira Lake (El-Tarf province). Cryptocyclops linjanticus (Kiefer, 1928), recorded by Kiefer (1949), Hamaidi et al.(2010) in Lekhal Dam from Bouira province and Taksebt Dam Lake, Tizi-Ouzou province. Cyclops abyssorum mauritaniae Lindberg, 1950, recorded by Akli (1991) in northern Algeria, Boudiffa (1993) in Sidi M’hamed Ben Ali Lake, and Sarno Dam (Sidi Bel Abbes province), Hamaidi et al. (2010) in Lekhal Dam Bouira province, Keddara Lake (Algiers), and this study. Cyclops abyssorum divergens (Lindberg, 1936), recorded by Dumont (1979) from Tassili n’Ajjer (Sahara). Page 69 Cyclops strenuus strenuus Fischer, 1851, recorded previouslyas Cyclops furcifer by Blanchard (1891) in Oasis of Chegga from Biskra, Blanchard & Richard (1890, 1891) from Oasis of Chegga (Biskra province), Roy & Gauthier (1927) everywere in the rainy and steppe zone, Gauthier (1928, 1931) in Wadi Boudjema from Annaba province, some sites in Algiers (pond oued Smar, ancient Halloula Lake, pond in forest of Farghen-Mittidja), pond near Boumerdes, Lac des Oiseaux, marsh between Oubeira and Tonga Lakes, pond near Tonga Lake (El-Kala), pond in Souk-Ahras province, pond in Medea province, pond agoulmine Lakhès (Theniet El Had, Tissemsilt), R’dir in El-Bayadh province, pond Wadi Sfid (Saida), Cherbi (1984) in Lakes of Hamiz, Ghrib, and Boughzoul (north of Algeria), Akli (1991) in northern Algeria, Boudiffa (1993) in Lake Sidi M’hamed Ben Ali, and Sarno Dam (Sidi Bel Abbes province), Samraoui (2002) El Feid pond (El-Kala), Ghora pond, Boukhadra pond, Khobzi a pool, Hamaidi et al.(2010) in Boukourdane Dam Tipaza, Lekhal Dam Bouira province, Taksebt Dam Tizi-Ouzou, Keddara Lake from Algiers

Diacyclops bicuspidatus odessanus

(Schmankevitch, 1875), recorded by Blanchard & Richard (1890, 1891) in Chegga (Biskra province), Roy & Gauthier (1927) in la Macta, Gauthier (1928a) in many ponds in the forest of Réghaia, pond Akhal Ben Aknoun (Algiers), Fetzara marsh, pond in Souk-Ahras province, pond in Tipaza, pond from Medea province, agoulmine Lakhès (Tissemsilt province), pond of Santon (west Oran), ditch near Sidi Hafir (Tlemcen province), Wadi El-Korina (Mécheria, Naama province), marsh in Djelfa province, pond near Mostaganem province, Wadi Djurdjura, Akli (1991) in northern Algeria, Samraoui (2002) in Fedjoudj, Gerard ponds, El Feid a series of four adjacent temporary pools, Garaa Estah a dune slack, El Frine pool, Hamaidi et al. (2010) in Lekhal Dam Bouira province, Taksebt Dam Tizi-Ouzou, Keddara Lake Algiers, Wadi Chiffa from Medea province. Diacyclops bisetosus (Rehberg, 1880), recorded by Gurney (1909) in Kasbah pond near oasis of Biskra, Akli (1991) in northern Algeria, Samraoui (2002) in Isoetes pond, Tamaris a Page 70 permanent pool, Hamaidi et al.(2010) in Lekhal Dam Bouira, Taksebt Dam Tizi-Ouzou, and this study. Diacyclops crassicaudis crassicaudis (G. O. Sars, 1863) recorded by Roy & Gauthier (1927) in flooded meadow Djelfa province. Graeteriella unisetigera (Graeter, 1908) recorded by Hamaidi et al. (2010) in Oued Chiffa, Medea province. Megacyclops donnaldsoni algericus Kiefer, 1930 recorded by Kiefer (1930). Megacyclops gigas (Claus, 1857) recorded by Roy & Gauthier (1927) in agoulmine Temjout Kabylie, Fetzara marsh Annaba province, marsh between Oubeira and Tanga Lakes, pond Akhel Algiers, Akli (1991) in northern Algeria, Samraoui (2002) in Tamaris a permanent pool, Sangliers a brackish pool, Mafragh a brackish pool, Frenes pond, Gauthier ponds 2 temporary pools, Hamaidi et al. (2010) in Lake Keddara Algiers, and this study. Megacyclops viridis viridis (Jurine, 1820) recorded by Gurney (1909) in palm pools from Biskra province, Roy & Gauthier (1927) in Kreider Dam (west Oranai), small permanent stream near Guerrah (Constantine), Gauthier (1928a) in some ponds in Algiers (7 ponds in the Forest of Réghaia, pond Akhal Ben Aknoun-Dely Ibrahim, marsh la Rassauta, pond of Wadi Smar, ancient Halloula Lake, drain canal of Halloula Lake, some ponds in Kabylie region (agoulmine between Yakouren and El-Kseur, agoulmine Aberkane, agoulmine Boualsous, agoulmine Ikeur, agoulmine Temjout, agoulmine Azerou, marsh between Bejaia and Jijel), marsh between Jijel and El Millia, Frétis Lake near Fetzara marsh, pond near Fetzara marsh, Fetzara marsh, ditch near Fetzara, Garaa la Mekhada, Lac des Oiseaux, pond near Lac des Oiseaux, Oubeira Lake, marsh near Oubeira, marsh between Oubeira and Tonga Lakes, Swamp forest near Tonga Lake, marsh of Wadi El Aroug (near Mellah Lagoon), pool between Annaba and El-Kala, Lac Noir, pond agoulmine Lakhès (Theniet El Had, Page 71 Tissemsilt), pond of Santon (west Oran), Kreider Dam (Chott Chergui), pond near Chélif province, drain canal (marsh la Macta),Wadi Nil from Jijel province, Wadi Boudjema, drain Canal of Tonga Lake, Wadi Rhummel, Saharan springs, Roy (1929) from the Sahara, Beadle (1943) in Chott Ouargla and channel in the same Chott,