''Paradiaptomus simplex'' is a species of

copepod Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthic (living on the ocean floor), a number of species have p ...

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'' B ...

. It is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found els ...

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring count ...

References

Diaptomidae Endemic crustaceans of South Africa Crustaceans described in 1929 Freshwater crustaceans of Africa Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{copepod-stub