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Paradiaptomus africanus

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Paradiaptomus africanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: 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]

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

References

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  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 [1]
  3. ^ Ulrich Theodore Hammer (1986) Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World, Published by Springer, 616 pages ISBN 90-6193-535-0