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Ghallab et al., A. (2021). Biological study, life cycle and fecundity of Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae: Gastropoda: Mollusca) inhabiting the Red Sea coral reefs, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 25(3), 201-216. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.174478
Ahmed Ghallab et al.. "Biological study, life cycle and fecundity of Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae: Gastropoda: Mollusca) inhabiting the Red Sea coral reefs, Egypt". Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 25, 3, 2021, 201-216. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.174478
Ghallab et al., A. (2021). 'Biological study, life cycle and fecundity of Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae: Gastropoda: Mollusca) inhabiting the Red Sea coral reefs, Egypt', Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 25(3), pp. 201-216. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.174478
Ghallab et al., A. Biological study, life cycle and fecundity of Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae: Gastropoda: Mollusca) inhabiting the Red Sea coral reefs, Egypt. Egyptian Journal of Aquatic Biology and Fisheries, 2021; 25(3): 201-216. doi: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.174478

Biological study, life cycle and fecundity of Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae: Gastropoda: Mollusca) inhabiting the Red Sea coral reefs, Egypt

Article 15, Volume 25, Issue 3, May and June 2021, Page 201-216  XML PDF (845.35 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/ejabf.2021.174478
Author
Ahmed Ghallab et al.
Abstract
One of the most common molluscan species in Egyptian water is Coralliophila violacea (Coralliophilidae, Gastropoda, Mollusca). There are very few studies had been carried out on this species and its importance and its effect on coral reefs in the Red Sea. Reproductive studies of C. violacea indicated that females produce a number of egg sacs, each sac contains a large number of eggs ranged from 222 to 2893 eggs /sac with an overall average of 1046.33 ± 468.9 eggs /sac. The color of the examined egg masses varied from transparent creamy white to light orange and finally to light brown color. The close examination of the colored sacs indicated that the developmental stage of the eggs is the factor behind the differences in color. Male gonad development comprised the spermatogonia, primary (PSC) and secondary spermatocytes (SSC), spermatids and sperm cells (SP) were also examined and measured. The diameter of the spermatogonia of C. violacea varied between 4 and 6 µm with an average of 4.9+0.37 µm.
Keywords
Coralliophila violacea Fecundity; Histology; Coral Reef; Red Sea; Egypt
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