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Checklist for Family Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879
and region Africa (Continents)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
194
840
2632
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods
152
685
2251
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraclass
 
Neocopepoda
Huys & Boxshall, 1991
152
684
2250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Podoplea
Giesbrecht, 1882
117
531
1487
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Cyclopoida
Rafinesque, 1815
Cyclopoid copepods
44
187
798
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Cyclopida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
4
38
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyLernaeidae
Cobbold, 1879
7
29
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
7 Genera with 29 Species
Afrolernaea Fryer, 19603SpeciesTaxom
Lamproglena Nordmann, 19568SpeciesTaxom
Lamproglenoides Fryer, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Lernaea Linnaeus, 195011SpeciesTaxom
Lernaeogiraffa Zimmermann, 1923
0SpeciesTaxom
Opistholernaea Yin, 19504SpeciesTaxom
Opistolernaea1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
29 Species
Afrolernaea brevicollis Fryer, 1982
Afrolernaea longicollis Fryer, 1956
Afrolernaea nigeriensis Dollfus, 1960
Lamproglena barbicola Fryer, 1961
Lamproglena clariae Fryer, 1956
Lamproglena cleopatra Humes, 1957
Lamproglena elongata Capart, 1956
Lamproglena hemprichii Nordmann, 1832
Lamproglena intercedens Fryer, 1964
Lamproglena monodi Capart, 1944
Lamproglena nyasae Fryer, 1956
Lamproglenoides vermiformis Fryer, 1964
Lamproglenoides vermifornis Fryer, 1964
Lernaea barbicola Leigh-Sharpe, 1930
Lernaea barnimiana Hartmann, 1865
Lernaea cyprinacea Linnaeus, 1758Anchor Worm
Lernaea diceracephala Cunnington, 1914
Lernaea haplocephala Cunnington, 1914
Lernaea hardingi Fryer, 1956
Lernaea inflata Fryer, 1961
Lernaea laterobrachialis (Fryer, 1959)⇒ Opistholernaea laterobrachialis Fryer, 1959
Lernaea laterobranchialis Fryer, 1959
Lernaea longa (Harding, 1950)⇒ Opistholernaea longa Harding, 1950
Lernaea lophiara Harding, 1950
Opistholernaea contorta Fryer, 1965
Opistholernaea laterobrachialis Fryer, 1959
Opistholernaea laterobranchialis Fryer, 1959
Opistholernaea longa Harding, 1950
Opistolernaea longa


Links, sources and further information
Lernaeidae at artfakta.se
Lernaeidae at dyntaxa.se
Lernaeidae at gbif.org
Lernaeidae at irmng.org
Lernaeidae at itis.gov
Lernaeidae at marinespecies.org