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Checklist for Family Taeniacanthidae Wilson, 1911
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
 
Ergasilida
Khodami, Mercado-Salas, Tang & Martinez Arbizu, 2019
32
126
529
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyTaeniacanthidae
Wilson, 1911
7
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Africa
7 Genera with 26 Species
Anchistrotos Brian, 19352SpeciesTaxom
Cirracanthus Dojiri & Cre..., 19391SpeciesTaxom
Echinirus Humes & Cressey, 19611SpeciesTaxom
Echinosocius Humes & Cressey, 19612SpeciesTaxom
Irodes C. B. Wilson, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Metataeniacanthus Pillai, 19796SpeciesTaxom
Taeniacanthus Sumpf, 198711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Africa
26 Species
Anchistrotos balistae (Claus, 1864)⇒ Taeniacanthus balistae Claus, 1864
Anchistrotos laqueus (Leigh-Sharpe, 1935)⇒ Taeniacanthus laqueus Leigh-Sharpe, 1935
Cirracanthus monacanthi Yamaguti, 1939
Echinirus laxatus Humes & Cressey, 1961
Echinosocius dentatus Humes & Cressey, 1961
Echinosocius pectinatus Humes & Cressey, 1961
Irodes gracilis Heller, 1865
Irodes sauridi Pillai, 1963
Irodes upenei Yamaguti, 1954
Metataeniacanthus aquilonius Cressey & Cr..., 1979
Metataeniacanthus conepigri Cressey & Cr..., 1979
Metataeniacanthus epigri Cressey & Cr..., 1979
Metataeniacanthus gibbsi Cressey & Cr..., 1979
Metataeniacanthus synodi Pillai, 1963
Metataeniacanthus vulgaris Cressey & Cr..., 1979
Taeniacanthus anguillaris Devi & Shyam..., 1980
Taeniacanthus balistae Claus, 1864
Taeniacanthus carchariae Sumpf, 1871
Taeniacanthus comparatus Dojiri & Cre..., 1987
Taeniacanthus digitatus Dojiri & Cre..., 1987
Taeniacanthus glomerosus Dojiri & Cre..., 1987
Taeniacanthus laqueus Leigh-Sharpe, 1935
Taeniacanthus petilus Dojiri & Cre..., 1987
Taeniacanthus pollicaris Dojiri & Cre..., 1987
Taeniacanthus pteroisi Shen, 1957
Taeniacanthus williamsi Dojiri & Cre..., 1987


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