''Paradiaptomus africanus'' is a species of

copepod Copepods (; meaning 'oar-feet') are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthos, benthic (living on the sedimen ...

in the family

Diaptomidae Diaptomidae is a family of freshwater pelagic copepods. It includes around 50 genera: *'' Acanthodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932 *'' Aglaodiaptomus'' Light, 1938 *'' Allodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1936 *''Arctodiaptomus'' Kiefer, 1932 *'' Argyrodiaptomus'' Br ...

. As an example occurrence, ''Lovenula africana'' is found within the

Makgadikgadi Pans The Makgadikgadi Pan (Tswana pronunciation ), a salt pan situated in the middle of the dry savanna of north-eastern Botswana, is one of the largest salt flats in the world. The pan is all that remains of the formerly enormous Lake Makgadik ...

, a seasonal hypersaline

wetland A wetland is a distinct semi-aquatic ecosystem whose groundcovers are flooded or saturated in water, either permanently, for years or decades, or only seasonally. Flooding results in oxygen-poor ( anoxic) processes taking place, especially ...

Botswana Botswana, officially the Republic of Botswana, is a landlocked country in Southern Africa. Botswana is topographically flat, with approximately 70 percent of its territory part of the Kalahari Desert. It is bordered by South Africa to the sou ...

Related species

Other members of this genus are often found in certain African

hypersaline lake A hypersaline lake is a landlocked body of water that contains significant concentrations of sodium chloride, brines, and other salts, with saline levels surpassing those of ocean water (3.5%, i.e. ). Specific microbial species can thrive i ...

s.Ulrich Theodore Hammer (1986) ''Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World'', Published by Springer, 616 pages For example, other species within this genus include: * ''

Paradiaptomus excellens ''Paradiaptomus excellens'' is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is endemic to South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. Its Provinc ...

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Paradiaptomus simplex ''Paradiaptomus simplex'' is a species of copepod in the family Diaptomidae. It is Endemism, endemic to South Africa. References Diaptomidae Endemic crustaceans of South Africa Crustaceans described in 1929 Freshwater crustaceans of Africa T ...

References

Diaptomidae Crustaceans described in 1910 {{copepod-stub