Paradiaptomus africanus

Paradiaptomus africanus
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]

Other members of this genus are often found in certain African hypersaline lakes.[3] For example, other species within this genus include:

References

  1. 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.
  2. C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham
  3. Ulrich Theodore Hammer (1986) Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World, Published by Springer, 616 pages ISBN 90-6193-535-0


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