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Checklist for Subclass Pentastomida Diesing, 1836 (Linguatulides)
and region Kenya (East Africa)


Class
 
Maxillopoda
Dahl, 1956
Maxillopods
35
70
101
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Pentastomida
Diesing, 1836
Linguatulides, Pentastomes, Tongue Worm, Tongue worms
3
3
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Kenya
3 Families width 5 Species
Armilliferidae Kishida, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Porocephalidae Sambon, 19221SpeciesTaxom
Cephalobaenidae Fain, 19612SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Kenya
3 Genera with 5 Species
Armillifer Sambon, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Porocephalus Humboldt, 18601SpeciesTaxom
Raillietiella Sambon, 19272SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Kenya
5 Species
Armillifer armillatus Wyman, 1848
Armillifer grandis Hett, 1915Visceral Tongue Worm
Porocephalus subuliferum Leuckart, 1860
Raillietiella boulengeri Vaney & Sambon, 1910
Raillietiella gehyrae Bovien, 1927

Subnodes of Pentastomida with occurrences in Kenya
OrderCephalobaenida
Heymons, 1935
1
1
2
Family
Genus
Species

Taxom

OrderPorocephalida
Heymons, 1935
2
2
3
Families
Genera
Species

Taxom



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