Paradiaptomus africanus
Paradiaptomus africanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Subphylum: | Crustacea |
Class: | Maxillopoda |
Subclass: | Copepoda |
Order: | Calanoida |
Family: | Diaptomidae |
Genus: | Paradiaptomus |
Species: | P. africanus |
Binomial name | |
Paradiaptomus africanus (Daday, 1910) | |
Synonyms [1] | |
Lovenula africana Daday, 1910 |
Paradiaptomus africanus is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. As an example occurrence, Lovenula africana is found within the Makgadikgadi Pans, a seasonal hypersaline wetland in Botswana.[2]
Related species
Other members of this genus are often found in certain African hypersaline lakes.[3] For example, other species within this genus include:
References
- ↑ T. Chad Walter (2009). T. Chad Walter & Geoff Boxshall, ed. "Lovenula Schmeil, 1898". World Copepoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 19, 2010.
- ↑ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
- ↑ Ulrich Theodore Hammer (1986) Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World, Published by Springer, 616 pages ISBN 90-6193-535-0
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