Paradiaptomus africanus
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| Species: | P. africanus
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| Paradiaptomus africanus (Daday, 1910)
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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]
Related species
Other members of this genus are often found in certain African hypersaline lakes.[3] For example, other species within this genus include:
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ C. Michael Hogan (2008) Makgadikgadi, The Megalithic Portal, ed. A. Burnham [1]
- ^ Ulrich Theodore Hammer (1986) Saline Lake Ecosystems of the World, Published by Springer, 616 pages ISBN 90-6193-535-0
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