''Paradiaptomus'' is a genus of
crustacean
Crustaceans (from Latin meaning: "those with shells" or "crusted ones") are invertebrate animals that constitute one group of arthropods that are traditionally a part of the subphylum Crustacea (), a large, diverse group of mainly aquatic arthrop ...
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 ...
. It includes the following species:
*''
Paradiaptomus africanus''
(Daday, 1910)
*''
Paradiaptomus alluaudi''
(Guerne & Richard, 1890)
*''
Paradiaptomus barnardi''
(G. O. Sars, 1927)
*''
Paradiaptomus biramata''
Lowndes, 1930
*''
Paradiaptomus desertorum''
Manuilova, 1951
*''
Paradiaptomus excellens''
(Kiefer, 1929)
*''
Paradiaptomus falcifer''
(Lovén, 1846)
*''
Paradiaptomus furcata''
(Brehm, 1958)
*''
Paradiaptomus greeni''
(Gurney, 1906)
*''
Paradiaptomus hameri''
Rayner, 1999
*''
Paradiaptomus lamellatus''
G. O. Sars, 1895
*''
Paradiaptomus meus''
(Gurney, 1905)
*''
Paradiaptomus natalensis''
(Cooper, 1906)
*''
Paradiaptomus peninsularis''
Rayner, 1999
*''
Paradiaptomus rex''
Gauthier, 1951
*''
Paradiaptomus schultzei''
Douwe, 1912
*''
Paradiaptomus similis''
Douwe, 1912
*''
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 ...
''
(Kiefer, 1929)
*''
Paradiaptomus warreni''
Rayner, 1999
References
Diaptomidae
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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