|  CANTHOCAMPTIDAE Sars, 1906, emend. Monard, 1927, Lang, 1948ELAPHOIDELLA Chappuis, 1928
 
 
The genus Elaphoidella  s.l., with about 217 described species and subspecis, is, after Parastenocaris, the largest and more widespread copepod genus.SEARCH SPECIES BY NAME
The genus  is distributed worldwide with species  inhabiting  various habitats in both epigean and hypogean environments
throughout different zoogeographic regions. The genus is characterized by a large number of stygobiotic taxa
(Boxshall & Defaye 2008; Mori & Brancelj 2008; Galassi et al. 2009), many of them  common in percolating
water from unsaturated karstic habitats (i.e. epikarst) in the temperate zone (Brancelj 2009).
 
Apostolov (1985, 1988), according to the oligomerization of the swimming legs and the setation of the antennal exopodite, splitted the genus Elaphoidella  into five genera, viz. Elaphoidella s. str., Elaphoidellopsis, Stygoelaphoidella, Neoelaphoidella and Praelaphoidella, suggesting as well the subdivision of Elaphoidella s. str. into two morphological groups, viz. gracilis-group and simplex-group, embracing species characterized by 6 or 4/5 setae on the distal article of the exopodite of leg 4, respectively.  
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The separation of the nominate genera has been critically discussed by Reid (1990), who pointed out mutual inconsistencies in the diagnosis of the new proposed genera, as well as several omissions and blunders in Apostolov's World key of the genus, and later on by Karanovic (1998; 2001) who considers that made by Apostolov "one unsuccessful attempt of revision of the genus Elaphoidella" (left: E. bidens bidens).  | 
  Hamond (1987) observed that old species descriptions and drawings of Canthocamptidae do not always agree with modern description standards and, in many cases, such defective descriptions could greatly confuse the status of some genera and subgenera in this family; in the same occasion, returned many genera within the family Canthocamptidae, including Elaphoidella s. str. to subgeneric status of the genus Canthocamptus Westwood.
Hamond's statement has been recently supported by Hishida (1994) who described a new Elaphoidella from Nepal showing transitional characteristics between Elaphoidella and Attheyella, confirming as well the need of a World revision of the genera within the family Canthocamptidae. 
Presently the majority of  the copepodologists support the generic status of Elaphoidella, and its separation into 10 species-groups, suggested by Lang (1948) and later on supplemented by Petkovski & Brancelj (1988):
 
Recently, Karanovic (2001) presented a key to the gracils-group of species, as well as established new synonyms of Elaphoidella phreatica, [E. pseudophreatica (partim), E. pseudojeanneli, E. cavatica. E. croatica, E. oglasae, E. italica].  Pending a comprehensive review of the genus Elaphoidella, as well as of the family Canthocamptidae, and sharing Reid's (1990) objections,  
the name Elaphoidella s. l. is provisionally proposed for all the species in the genus, as well as  the above  synonynies will  not considered in the following list.
 
 
 
 Elaphoidella amabilis Ishida, 1993 [Maryland, USA; springs]Elaphoidella affinis Chappuis, 1933 [Sumatra; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella africana  (Cottarelli & Bruno, 1994) [Sierra Leone; stream interstitial]
 [= Stygoelaphoidella africana Cottarelli & Bruno, 1994]
 Elaphoidella  aberrans Chappuis, 1954 [Madagascar; mosses]
 Elaphoidella abruzzei Pesce & Apostolov, 2006 (??)
 Elaphoidella aioii Chappuis, 1928 [Japan; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella algeriensis Rouch, 1987 [Algerie; wells]
  
  Elaphoidella anatolica Chappuis, 1953 [Turkey; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella angelovi Michailova-Neikova, 1969 [Bulgaria; caves] (11)
   Elaphoidella  angirmii Loffler, 1968 [Nepal; ground waters?]
 Elaphoidella  apicata Chappuis, 1950 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella apostoli nom. nov. for Stygoelaphoidella subterranea Apostolov, 1991 (Wells, 2007) [Bulgaria; cave waters] (?)
 Elaphoidella apostolovi (Pesce & De Laurentiis, 1994) [Central Italy; wells] (= Elaphoidella parapostolovi nom. nov. for Neoelaphoidella intermedia Apostolov, 1999 (Wells, 2007)  [Africa; lakes]
  Elaphoidella aprutina Pesce, Galassi & Apostolov, 1987 [Central Italy; wells]
  Elaphoidella aramburgi Chappuis, 1936 [Africa; mosses]
   Elaphoidella armata (Delachaux, 1917) [Peru, Brazil, fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella balcanica Apostolov, 1992 [Bulgaria; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella bidens bidens (Schmeil, 1894) [cosmopolitan ; fresh waters] (2)
     Elaphoidella bidens coronata  (Sars, 1904)
  Elaphoidella bidens decorata (Daday, 1901)
 Elaphoidella bidens paranaensis Nogueira, 1959 [south America; ground waters, caves]
 Elaphoidella bidens subterranea Nogueira, 1959 [Brazil; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella bidens subtropica Kiefer, 1929
 Elaphoidella birsteini (Borutzky, 1948) [Caucaso; caves]]
 Elaphoidella bisetosa Apostolov, 1985 [Bulgaria; wells]
  [not E. elaphoides f. bisetosa Lang, 1957]
 Elaphoidella bispina Dussart, 1984 [Venezuela; springs]
  Elaphoidella borutzky Michailova-Neikova, 1973 [Bulgaria; ground waters] (11)
  Elaphoidella botosaneanui Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella boui Rouch, 1988 [Pyrenees; cave spring]
  Elaphoidella  bouilloni Rouch, 1964 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella brancelji Sonoamuang & Watiroyran, 2021[Thailand; caves]
  Elaphoidella brehieri Apostolov, 2001 [France; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella brevicaudata Apostolov, 2002 [France; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella brevifurcata (Chappuis, 1936) [Brazil; fresh waters] (6)
 Elaphoidella brevipes Chappuis, 1937 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella bromeliaecola Chappuis, 1928 [Indonesia; bromeliads]
 Elaphoidella bryophila (Chappuis, 1928) [India, Java, mosses]
 Elaphoidella bulbifera Chappuis, 1937 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella bulbiseta Apostolov, 1998 [Bulgaria; cave waters]
 [=Stygoelaphoidella bulbiseta Apostolov, 1998]
  Elaphoidella bulgarica Apostolov, 1991 [Bulgaria; cave waters]
 [=Stygoelaphoidella bulgarica Apostolov, 1991]
  Elaphoidella  cabezasi Petkovski, 1982 [Cuba; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella cadesi Reid, 2001 (in press) [USA]
 Elaphoidella caeca Miura, 1964 [Japan; ground waters]
 [=Praelaphoidella caeca (Miura, 1964) according to Apostolov, 1988]
 Elaphoidella  californica Wilson, 1975 [north America; fresh waters]
  Elaphoidella calypsonis Chappuis & Rouch, 1959 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella campestris Reid, 2001 (in press) [USA]
 Elaphoidella  capite-radiata Brehm, 1951 [New Guinea; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella carterae Reid, 1993 [Virginia, USA; spring] (lakes subterranean?)
  Elaphoidella  cavatica Chappuis, 1957 [France; caves] (12)
 Elaphoidella cavernicola Apostolov, 1992 [Bulgaria; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella  cavicola Shen & Tai, 1965 [China; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella charon Chappuis, 1936 [Yugoslavia; groundwaters]
 Elaphoidella claudboui Apostolov, 2001  [France;  groundwaters]
   Elaphoidella cliffordae Chappuis, 1932 [Africa; mosses]
 Elaphoidella coiffati Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  colombiana Gaviria, 1993 [Colombia; lagoons]
  Elaphoidella confusa Stock (in press?) [north Italy; caves?]
 Elaphoidella cornuta Chappuis, 1931 [Sumatra; phytotelms]
 Elaphoidella coronata (Sars, 1904) (?)
  Elaphoidella cottarellii Pesce & De Laurentiis, 1993 [central Italy; hyporheic]  Elaphoidella  crassa Chappuis, 1954 [India; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella crassicaudis Chappuis, 1936 [Kenya; cave waters]
   Elaphoidella crenobia Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella  croatica Petkovski, 1959 [Yugoslavia; ground waters] (12)
 Elaphoidella cuspidata Chappuis, 1928 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  cvetkae Petkovski, 1983 [Yugoslavia, Italy; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella cvetkovi Michailova-Neikova, 1967 [Bulgaria; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella czerkessica  Borutzky, 1972 [Caucaso; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella damianae Kiefer, 1967 [Romania; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  damasi damasi Chappuis, 1938 [Africa, Zaire; lakes]
 Elaphoidella  damasi  nivalis Loffler, 1968 [Africa; lakes]
 Elaphoidella damianae Wells, 2007 [syn. Elaphoidella  dubia Damian, 1959 (Italy, Romania; ground waters)]
 Elaphoidella  denticulata Chappuis, 1929 [Europe; fresh waters]
  Elaphoidella dispersa Chappuis, 1934 [Africa, Hawai; fresh waters?]
   Elaphoidella douglasi Reid, 2001 (in press) [USA]
 Elaphoidella einslei Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella elaphoides elaphoides (Chappuis, 1924)
 Elaphoidella  elaphoides bisetosa Lang, 1957
 Elaphoidella elegantula nom. nov. for Stygoelaphoidella elegans Apostolov, 1991 (Wells, 2007) [Bulgaria; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella elgonensis Chappuis, 1936 [Kenya; lakes]
   Elaphoidella  elongata Chappuis, 1950 	[India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  eucharis Chappuis, 1953 [Greece; caves]
 Elaphoidella fatimae Fefilova & Alexeev, 2018 [Borneo]
  Elaphoidella federicae Pesce & Galassi, 1988 [Corsica; wells]
  Elaphoidella femurata Bassamakov, 1987
 Elaphoidella  fluviusherbae Bruno, Reid & Perry, 2000 [USA, Florida;  ground waters]
  Elaphoidella fonticola (Chappusi, 1937)  Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella formosanus Shuh Sen-Young, 2010 [Taiwan; Mountain Lakes]
  Elaphoidella  franci Petkovski, 1983 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  ganeshi Reid, 1998 [India, Brazil; fresh waters] (5)
 Elaphoidella  garbetensis Rouch, 1980 [France; ground waters]
   Elaphoidella gordani Karanovic, 1998 [Montenegro; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella gracilis gracilis (G.O. Sars, 1863) [Europe, Israel, USA; ponds, lakes] (3)
 Elaphoidella gracilis  serrulata Damian & Botosaneanu, 1954 Romania; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella grandidieri (Guerne & Richard, 1893)
 [Africa, Madagascar, Asia, Japan, central-southern America, Australia?; lakes,  wells, springs]
    Elaphoidella  hallensis Kiefer, 1963 [Europe; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  helenae (Chappuis, 1953)  [Turkey; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  hellmichi Loffler, 1968 [Nepal; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  hirsuta Chappuis, 1941 Mauritus, reunion; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella hirsutus Shuh Sen-Young, 2010 [Taiwan; Mountain Lakes]
  Elaphoidella  humboldti Loffler, 1963 [south America; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  humphreysi Karanovic, 2006 [Australia; bores]
  Elaphoidella hyalina Chappuis, 1932 [Africa; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  incerta (Chappuis, 1937)  [Yugoslavia; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella infernalis Rouch, 1970 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella insularis Chappuis, 1956 [reunion; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  intermedia Chappuis, 1931 [Africa; lakes]
 Elaphoidella isana Watiroyram et al., 2021 [Thailand]
  Elaphoidella iskrecensis Apostolov, 1997 [Bulgaria; artificial cave]
  Elaphoidella italica Pesce, Galassi & Apostolov, 1987 [Central Italy; wells] (12)
  Elaphoidella  jaesornensis Watiroyrami et al., 2015 [Thailand; caves] [PDF-SUMMARY]
    
    Elaphoidella janas Cottarelli & Bruno [Sardinia, Italy; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella  jakobii Nogueira, 1959 [Brazil; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  jasonis Chappuis, 1953 [Turkey; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  jaesornensis  Watiroyram., 2015 [Thailand]
  Elaphoidella javaensis (Chappuis, 1928) [fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella   jeanneli (Chappuis, 1928) [Europe; caves]
 Elaphoidella jochenmartensis Dumont & Maas, 1988 [Nepal; leaf litters]
 Elaphoidella  jojoi Petkovski, 1982 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella  juxtaputealis (Damian & Botosaneanu, 1954)  [Romania; ground waters] (11)
 Elaphoidella  karamani karamani Chappuis, 1936 [Yugoslavia, Greece; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella  karamani latifurcata Apostolov, 1976 [Bulgaria; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella karllangi Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella karstica Dussart & Defaye, 1990 [Slovenia; cave waters]
 [=Neoelaphoidella kieferi  Apostolov, in litt. (Dussart & Defaye, 1990)] (1)
 Elaphoidella kenyensis kenyensis Chappuis, 1936 [Africa; fresh waters]
   Elaphoidella kenyensis curticauda Chappuis, 1938 [Africa; lakes]
 Elaphoidella  kieferi Loffler, 1968 [Nepal; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  kodiakensis Wilson, 1975 [north America; fresh waters]
  Elaphoidella  labani Loffler, 1973 [Indonesia; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  laevis Chappuis, 1950 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  leruthi leruthi Chappuis, 1937 [Belgium, France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  leruthi meridionalis Chappuis, 1953 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella ligorae Watroyran et al., 2017 [Thailand; caves]
  Elaphoidella  limnobia Chappuis, 1938 [Africa, Zaire; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  lindbergi Chappuis, 1941 [Inida; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  longifurcata Chappuis & Kiefer, 1952 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  longipedis Chappuis, 1931 [Madagascar, Asia; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  longiramus Watiroyran et al., 2022 [Thailand]
  Elaphoidella longiseta Chappuis, 1932 [Africa; mosses]   Elaphoidella mabelae Galassi & Pesce, 1991 [Central Italy; springs]
  Elaphoidella  madiracensis Apostolov, 1998 [France; phreatic waters]
   Elaphoidella malayica Dussart,1982 [Martinique; springs]
  Elaphoidella margaritae Pesce & Apostolov, 1985 [Thailand; wells]
  Elaphoidella  marjoryae Bruno, Reid & Perry, 2000 [USA, Florida; surface and ground waters]
  Elaphoidella massai Chappuis, 1936 [kenya; fresh waters]
   Elaphoidella  mauro Chappuis, 1956 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella michailovae Bassamacov, 1970 [Bulgaria; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella millennii Brancelj, 2009 [Slovenia; karstic aquifer]
  Elaphoidella  minos (Chappuis, 1956) [Greece, Crete; ground waters] (11)
 Elaphoidella  miurai Chappuis, 1955 [Japan; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella montenegrina Karanovic, 1997 [Balkan Peninsula; cave waters]
   Elaphoidella  moreae Pesce, 1982 [Greece; wells]
   Elaphoidella namnaoensis Brancelj et al., 2010 [Thailand; fresh waters]
   Elaphoidella  necessaria Kiefer, 1933 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella negroensis Kiefer, 1967 [Brazil; ground waters]
   Elaphoidella neoarmata Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella  neotropica Petkovski, 1973 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella nepalensis Ishida, 1994 [Nepal; stream sediment]
  Elaphoidella nuragica Pesce & Galassi, 1986 [Sardinia, Italy; wells]
   Elaphoidella  nyongi Roen, 1956 [Africa, Camerun; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  oglasae Cottarelli & Torrisi, 1974 [Italy, Sardinia; ground waters] (12)
 Elaphoidella pandurskyi Apostolov, 1992
  Elaphoidella paraaffinis Watroyran et al.,  2017 [Thailand; caves]
  Elaphoidella pani Por, 1983 [Israel; springs] (10)
 Elaphoidella parajakobii Reid & José, 1987 [Brazil; cave waters]
  [= junior synonym of E. jakobii Nogueira, 1959]
 Elaphoidella paraelaphoides Pesce, Galassi & Apostolov, 1987 [Central Italy; wells]
  Elaphoidella paramuna Gaviria & DeFaye, 2015 [Colombia]
  Elaphoidella  paraplesia Kiefer, 1967 [Brazil; ground waters]
   Elaphoidella parapostolovi nom. nov. for Neoelaphoidella intermedia Apostolov, 1999 (Wells, 2007)  [Africa; lakes]
 Elaphoidella  parvifurcata Petkovski, 1908 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella pectinata  (Delachaux, 1924) [central and south America; fresh waters] (4)
 Elaphoidella pescei Apostolov, 1986 [Bulgarie; wells]
  Elaphoidella petrovae Apostolov, 1986 [Bulgarie; wells] (9)
  Elaphoidella  phreatica phreatica (Chappuis, 1925) [Europe; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  phreatica aggtelekiensis Ponyi, 1958 [Hungary; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella phuphamanensis Boonyanusith et al. 2024
  Elaphoidella pintoae Reid & José, 1987 [Brazil; cave waters]  Elaphoidella  plesai Pesce & Galassi, 1994 [Austria; cave waters]
   Elaphoidella plutonis plutonis Chappuis, 1938 [Italy; caves, krenal, phreatic waters]  (8)
 Elaphoidella  plutonis quadrispinosa Chappuis, 1938 [Italy; caves, wells]
 Elaphoidella propecabezasi Boonyanusith et al. 2024
  Elaphoidella  prohumboldti Petkovski, 1980 [Cuba; caves] Elaphoidella prepedamasi Defaye & Heymer, 1996 [Africa, Zaire; leaf litters]
   Elaphoidella  proserpina Chappuis, 1934 	[Austria; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella pseudocornuta  Dumont & Maas, 1988
 Elaphoidella pseudojeanneli pseudojeanneli Ponyi, 1956  (12)
  Elaphoidella pseudojeanneli aggtelekiensis Ponyi, 1958  (12)
 Elaphoidella pseudophreatica (Chappuis, 1928)
 Elaphoidella putealis (Chappuis, 1925) [Europe; wells]
 Elaphoidella pyrenaica Rouch, 1970 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella quemadoi Petkovski, 1982 [Cuba; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  radkei Reid, 1987 [Colombia; artificial water containers]
   Elaphoidella reducta Rouch, 1970 [France; ground waters](4)
 Elaphoidella  reedi Wilson, 1975 [north America; lakes]
  Elaphoidella romanica Kulhavy, 1969 [Romania; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella rodrigensis Borutzky, 1969 [Rodriguez Islans; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella rossellae Pesce et al,. 1987 [Italy phreatic waters]
  (syn, of E, plutonis plutonis) Elaphoidella ruffoi Chappuis, 1953 [Italy; caves]
 Elaphoidella  sabanillae Petkovski, 1982 [Cuba; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella sanoamuangae Watroyram & Brancelj, 2016 [Thailand]
  Elaphoidella schubarti Chappuis, 1936 [south America, fresh waters] Elaphoidella serbica Petkovski & Brancelj, 1988 [Yugoslavia; cave waters]
  Elaphoidella sewelli sewelli (Chappuis, 1928) [Asia; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli americana Chappuis, 1930 [West Indian Islands; cave waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli africana Chappuis, 1932 [Africa; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli eremita Chappuis, 1928 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli indica Chappuis, 1928 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli minuta Chappuis, 1932 [Africa, Madagascar; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli occidentalis Chappuis, 1932 [Congo; cave waters]
 Elaphoidella sewelli unisaetosa Chappuis, 1950 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella shawangunkensis  Strayer, 1988 [U.S.A.; interstitial]
 Elaphoidella silverii Pesce, 1985 [Lesbos, Greece; wells]
  Elaphoidella  silvestris Lewis, 1972 [New Zealand; fresh waters](4)
   Elaphoidella  similis Chappuis, 1931 [Sumatra; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella simplex simplex Chappuis, 1944 [Europe; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  simplex szegedensis Kiefer, 1963 [Hungary; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  synjakobii Petkovski, 1980 [Cuba; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella  siolii Kiefer, 1967 [south America; ground waters]
   [transferred to Attheyella (Canthosella) by Janetzky et al., 1996]
 Elaphoidella slovenica Wells, 2007 (sin.  Elaphoidella kieferi Petkovski & Brancelj, 1985)
    
    
Elaphoidella spinosa spinosa Chappuis, 1952 [Reunion; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  spinosa longifurca Bozic, 1969 [Reunion; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  stammeri Chappuis, 1936 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella stygobiotica Watiroyram & Koompoot, 2023 [Thailand]
  Elaphoidella striblingi Reid 1990 [Costarica] [Canthocamptus (Elaphoidella) striblingi in the original description]   Elaphoidella stupkai Reid, 2001 (in press) [USA]
 Elaphoidella stygia (Apostolov, 1989) [Bulgaria; cave waters]
  [= Stygoelaphoidella stygia Apostolov, 1989]
 Elaphoidella  suarezi Reid,1987 [Brazil, Colombia; fresh waters] (7)
   Elaphoidella subcrenobia Petkovski, 1980 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella subplutonis Pesce, Galassi & Apostolov, 1987 [Central Italy; wells]
  [=Stygoelaphoidella subterranea Apostolov, 1991]
 Elaphoidella  superpedalis Shen & Tai, 1964 [China, Japan; fresh waters, lakes]
  Elaphoidella surinamensis (Delachaux, 1924) [south America, surinam; fresh waters]
  Elaphoidella synjakobii Petkovski, 1980
 Elaphoidella tarmani Brancelj, 2009 [Slovenia; karstic aquifer]
  Elaphoidella tenera Chappuis, 1937 [Yugoslavia; ground waters]
  Elaphoidella  taroi Chappuis, 1955 [Figj; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella thailandensis Watiroyrami et al., 2015 [Thailand; caves]
  Elaphoidella  thienemanni  thienemanni  Chappuis, 1931 [Sumatra; fresh waters] Elaphoidella  thienemanni  serrulata Chappuis, 1931
 Elaphoidella tiberina Pesce & Galassi, 1983 [Central Italy; wells]
 Elaphoidella trisaetosa Chappuis, 1933 [Asia; fresh waters	]
 Elaphoidella turgisetosa Petkovski, 1980 [Cuba; caves]
 Elaphoidella uenoi Chappuis, 1958 [Japan; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella unidens (Menzel, 1917) [Africa, Tanganika; lakes]
 Elaphoidella uva Karanovic, 2001 [Montenegro; phreatic waters]
  Elaphoidella valkanovi Bassamacov, 1973 [Bulgaria; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella  vaga Chappuis, 1950 [India; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella vandeli Chappuis & Rouch, 1958 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella varians (Chappuis, 1955) [Europe; ground waters] (11)
 Elaphoidella vasconica Rouch, 1970 [France; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella vietnamica Borutzky, 1967 [Vietnam; ground waters]
 Elaphoidella winkleri (Chappuis, 1928) [Romania; caves]
 Elaphoidella wilsonae Hunt, 1979 [north America; fresh waters]
  
Canthocamptus (Elaphoidella) striblingi Reid, 1990 [Costa Rica; bromeliads] 
The species-names  Neolaphoidella intermedia Apostolov, 1999  , and Stygoelaphoidella bulbiseta Apostolov, 1998, both from ground waters of Bulgaria, are  preoccupied by Elaphoidella  intermedia Chappuis, 1931 and Elaphoidella bulbiseta Apostolov, 1998 respectively. INCERTAE SEDIS
 
Elaphoidella caeni ? ( in Monchenko, 1967)  [URSS; ground waters?] Elaphoidella  finni Bourne, 1893 [Zanzibar; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella gariensis ? (in Monchenko, 1967) [URSS;  ground waters?]
 Elaphoidella  laciniata (Van Douwe, 1911) [south America; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella  natalis Brady, 1904 [south Africa; fresh waters]
 Elaphoidella   tenuicaudis (Herrick, 1884) [north America; fresh waters?]
 Elaphoidella  vicinum Por, 1967 [Israel; brackish waters?]
 Elaphoidella pseudophreatica sensu Chappuis, 1954; Dussart, 1967
 Elaphoidella cf. leruthi Chappuis, 1937
 Elaphoidella capiteradiata Brehm, 1951
 Attheyella  natalis Brady, 1904
 Canthocamptus tenuicaudis Herrick, 1894
 Canthocamptus finni Bourne, 1893
 Canthocamptus laciniatus Douwe, 1911
 
 
(1) Described as  Elaphoidella kieferi by Petkovski & Brancelj  (1985), this species has been renamed by Dussart & Defaye (1990) since another species with the same specific epithet was described by Loffler (1968) from lakes in Nepal 
(2) syn. E. derjugini (Rylov, 1932) 
(3) syn. E. subgracilis (Willey, 1934)  Bruno et al. (2000) do not share this synonymy. 
(4) questionable species 
(5)  Reid (1998) proposed this  nomen novum  for E. brevifurcata Chappuis, 1954 from India 
 (6)   Chappuis (1936) described this species as E. pectinata brevifurcata, from Brazil; later on the name  went through various vicissitudes, including being synonymized with Elaphoidella pectinata s. str. by Lang (1948). It was raised to species rank by Apostolov (1985), although he used it twice in different ways and mispelling it once, as Neoelaphoidella brevifurca and as Neoelaphoidella pectinata brevifurcata.  
(7) synonym: Attheyella (Elaphoidella) bryobiota Ebert, 1976 (Reid, 1990) 
(8) syn. Elaphoidella rossellae Pesce, Galassi & Apostolov, 1987   
(9) synonym of E. valkanovi Basamakov, 1973 (Karanovic, 2001) 
(10) synonym of E. denticulata Chappuis, 1029 
(11) syn. of  Elaphoidella elaphoides (according to Wells, 2007) 
(12) syn. of  Elaphoidella phreatica (according to Wells, 2007)
 
 
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