Checklist for Class Maxillopoda Dahl, 1956 (Maxillopods)
and region Africa (Continents)
List of families for Africa
194 Families width 2632 Species and 50 Subspecies #ABCDEFHIKLMNOPRSTVXZ
| Acartiidae Sars, 1903 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Aegisthidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Aetideidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 69 | Species | Taxom | | Ameiridae Monard, 1927 | | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Anchimolgidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 17 | Species | Taxom | | Ancorabolidae Sars, 1909 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Anelasmatidae Gruvel, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Anthessiidae Humes, 1986 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Archaeobalanidae Newman & Ross, 1976 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Arenopontiidae Martínez Arb..., 1994 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Argestidae Por, 1986 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Argulidae Leach, 1819 | Carp lice | 30 | Species | Taxom | | Arietellidae Sars, 1902 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Armilliferidae Kishida, 1928 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Artotrogidae Brady, 1880 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Ascidicolidae Thorell, 1860 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Ascothoracidae Grygier, 1987 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Asterocheridae Giesbrecht, 1899 | | 56 | Species | Taxom | | Augaptilidae G. O. Sars, 1905 | | 69 | Species | Taxom | | Balanidae Leach, 1806 | | 56 | Species | Taxom | | Basipodellidae Boxshall & L..., 1983 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Bathypontiidae Brodsky, 1950 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Bomolochidae Claus, 1875 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Calanidae Dana, 1846 | | 32 | Species | Taxom | | Calanticidae Zevina, 1978 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Caligidae Burmeister, 1834 | Sea lice | 76 | Species | Taxom | | Cancerillidae Giesbrecht, 1897 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Cancrincolidae Fiers, 1990 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Candaciidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Canthocamptidae G. O. Sars, 1906 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Canuellidae Lang, 1944 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Catiniidae Embleton, 1901 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cecropidae (Dana, 1849) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Centropagidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Cephalobaenidae Fain, 1961 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Chelonibiidae Pilsbry, 1916 | Turtle barnacle | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Chionelasmatidae Buckeridge, 1983 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Chondracanthidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1840 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Chthamalidae Darwin, 1854 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Chthamalophilidae Bocquet-Védr..., 1961 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clausidiidae Embleton, 1901 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Clausiidae Giesbrecht, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clausocalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Cletodidae T. Scott, 1905 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Cletopsyllidae Huys & Williams, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Clytemnestridae Scott, 1909 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Coralliomyzontidae Humes & Stock, 1991 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Coronulidae Leach, 1817 | Whale barnacle | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Corycaeidae Dana, 1852 | | 46 | Species | Taxom | | Cryptophialidae Gerstaecker, 1870 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopettidae Martínez Arb..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopicinidae (G.O. Sars, 1913) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopidae Rafinesque, 1815 | Copepods | 186 | Species | Taxom | | Cyclopinidae Sars, 1913 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Cylindropsyllidae Sars, 1909 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Darcythompsoniidae Lang, 1936 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Derocheilocarididae Pennak & Zinn, 1943 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Diaptomidae Baird, 1850 | | 91 | Species | Taxom | | Dichelesthiidae Milne Edwards, 1840 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dinopontiidae Murnane, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Dirivultidae Humes & Dojiri, 1981 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Discoidae Gordejeva, 1975 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Ectinosomatidae G. O. Sars, 1903 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Enterognathidae Illg & Dudley, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Entomolepididae Brady, 1899 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Epacteriscidae Fosshagen, 1973 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Ergasilidae von Nordmann, 1832 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Eucalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 21 | Species | Taxom | | Euchaetidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 40 | Species | Taxom | | Eudactylinidae C. B. Wilson, 1932 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Euryphoridae (Wilson, 1905) | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Euterpinidae Brian, 1921 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Fosshageniidae Suárez-Morál..., 1996 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Harpacticidae Dana, 1846 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Hatschekiidae Kabata, 1979 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Heteralepadidae Nilsson-Cantell, 1921 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Heterorhabdidae Sars, 1902 | | 28 | Species | Taxom | | Huntemanniidae (Por, 1986) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Hyponeoidae Heegaard, 1962 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Iblidae Leach, 1825 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kelleriidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Kroyeriidae Kabata, 1979 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Lamippidae Joliet, 1882 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Laophontidae Scott, 1905 | | 51 | Species | Taxom | | Lauridae Gruvel, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lepadidae Darwin, 1852 | Goose barnacles | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Leptastacidae Lang, 1948 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Leptopontiidae Lang, 1948 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Lernaeidae Cobbold, 1879 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Lernaeopodidae H. Milne-Edw..., 1840 | | 39 | Species | Taxom | | Lernanthropidae Kabata, 1979 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Lichomolgidae Kossmann, 1877 | | 87 | Species | Taxom | | Linguatulidae Haldeman, 1851 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lithoglyptidae Aurivillius, 1892 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Longipediidae Sars, 1903 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Louriniidae Monard, 1927 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Lubbockiidae Huys & Böttg..., 1997 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Lucicutiidae Sars, 1902 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Macrochironidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Mecynoceridae (Andronov, 1973) | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Megacalanidae Sewell, 1947 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Metidae Sars, 1910 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Metridinidae G. O. Sars, 1902 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Miraciidae Dana, 1846 | | 38 | Species | Taxom | | Misophriidae Brady, 1878 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Mormonillidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Myicolidae Yamaguti, 1936 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Mytilicolidae Bocquet & Stock, 1957 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nanaspididae Humes & Cressey, 1959 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Naobranchiidae (Yamaguti, 1939) | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Neobradyidae Oloffson, 1917 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Neoverrucidae Newman, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nereicolidae Claus, 1875 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Nicothoidae Dana, 1852 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Normanellidae Lang, 1944 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Notodelphyidae Dana, 1852 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Nullosetigeridae Soh, Ohtsuk..., 1999 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Octopicolidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oithonidae Dana, 1852 | | 14 | Species | Taxom | | Oncaeidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 34 | Species | Taxom | | Orthopsyllidae Huys, 1990 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Oxynaspididae Gruvel, 1905 | | 11 | Species | Taxom | | Pachylasmatidae Utinomi, 1968 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Palpophriidae Boxshall & J..., 2000 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Pandaridae Milne Edwards, 1840 | | 31 | Species | Taxom | | Paracalanidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Paralubbockiidae Boxshall & Huys, 1989 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Paramesochridae Lang, 1944 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Parastenocarididae Chappuis, 1933 | | 13 | Species | Taxom | | Peltidiidae Sars, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Peltogastridae Lilljeborg, 1860 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pennellidae Burmeister, 1816 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Petrarcidae Gruvel, 1905 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Phaennidae G. O. Sars, 1902 | | 19 | Species | Taxom | | Philichthyidae Vogt, 1877 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllognathopodidae Gurney, 1932 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Phyllopidae (Campaner, 1977) | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Platylepadidae Newman & Ross, 1976 | Turtle barnacle | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Poecilasmatidae Annandale, 1909 | | 22 | Species | Taxom | | Pollicipedidae Leach, 1817 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pontellidae Dana, 1852 | | 25 | Species | Taxom | | Pontoeciellidae Giesbrecht, 1895 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Porcellidiidae Boeck, 1865 | | 10 | Species | Taxom | | Porocephalidae Sambon, 1922 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Psammocyclopinidae Martínez Arb..., 2001 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudanthessiidae Humes & Stock, 1972 | | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocyclopidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudocycnidae Wilson, 1922 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudodiaptomidae Sars, 1902 | | 8 | Species | Taxom | | Pseudotachidiidae Lang, 1936 | | 9 | Species | Taxom | | Pyrgomatidae Gray, 1825 | Coral barnacle | 16 | Species | Taxom | | Rataniidae Giesbrecht, 1897 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhincalanidae Geletin, 1976 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Rhizolepadidae Zevina, 1980 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Rhizothricidae (Por, 1986) | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Rhynchomolgidae Humes & Stock, 1972 | | 98 | Species | Taxom | | Rotundiclipeidae Huys, 1988 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Sabelliphilidae Gurney, 1927 | | 7 | Species | Taxom | | Sacculinidae Lilljeborg, 1860 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Sapphirinidae Thorell, 1859 | | 24 | Species | Taxom | | Scalpellidae Pilsbry, 1907 | | 52 | Species | Taxom | | Scolecithricidae (Giesbrecht, 1892) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Scolecitrichidae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 114 | Species | Taxom | | Sebekidae Sambon, 1922 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Serpulidicolidae Stock, 1979 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Shiinoidae Cressey, 1975 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Smirnovipinidae Martínez Arb..., 1997 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Speleophriidae Boxshall & J..., 2000 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Sphyriidae Wilson, 1919 | | 4 | Species | Taxom | | Spinocalanidae Vervoort, 1951 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Stellicomitidae Humes & Cressey, 1958 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Stephidae Sars, 1902 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Stramentidae Withers, 1920 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Synagogidae Gruvel, 1905 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Synapticolidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Taeniacanthidae Wilson, 1911 | | 26 | Species | Taxom | | Tegastidae G. O. Sars, 1904 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Temoridae Giesbrecht, 1893 | | 6 | Species | Taxom | | Tetraclitidae Gruvel, 1903 | | 15 | Species | Taxom | | Tetragonicipitidae Lang, 1944 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Thalestridae Sars, 1905 | | 23 | Species | Taxom | | Thamnomolgidae Humes & Boxs..., 1996 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tharybidae Sars, 1902 | | 5 | Species | Taxom | | Thaumatopsyllidae Sars, 1913 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thompsoniidae Høeg & Ryba..., 1992 | | 0 | Species | Taxom | | Thompsonulidae Lang, 1944 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Tisbidae Stebbing, 1910 | | 12 | Species | Taxom | | Tortanidae Sars, 1902 | | 2 | Species | Taxom | | Trebiidae Wilson, 1905 | | 3 | Species | Taxom | | Tuccidae (Vervoort, 1962) | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Vahiniidae Humes, 1967 | | 1 | Species | Taxom | | Verrucidae Darwin, 1854 | | 18 | Species | Taxom | | Xarifiidae Humes, 1960 | | 29 | Species | Taxom | | Zapfellidae Saint-Seine, 1954 | | 2 | Species | Taxom |
Subnodes of Maxillopoda with occurrences in Africa | Subclass | Branchiura
Thorell, 1864
argulids, Fish lice | 1
3
30 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subclass | Copepoda
H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Copepod, Copepods | 152
685
2251 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subclass | Mystacocarida
Pennak & Zinn, 1943
Mystacocarids | 1
1
4 | Family
Genus
Species |
Taxom
| | Subclass | Pentastomida
Diesing, 1836
Linguatulides, Pentastomes, Tongue Worm, Tongue worms, tongueworms | 5
5
10 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subclass | Tantulocarida
G. A. Boxshall & R. J. Lincoln, 1983
| 1
2
2 | Family
Genera
Species |
Taxom
| | Subclass | Thecostraca
Gruvel, 1905
| 34
133
309 | Families
Genera
Species |
Taxom
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