 LAOPHONTIDAE T. Scott, 1905
HETEROLAOPHONTE Lang, 1944 
Heterolaophonte australis Lang, 1948 incertae sedis according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte bisetosa Mielke, 1975
Heterolaophonte brevicornis (T. Scott, 1893) [Africa; marine]
Heterolaophonte brevipes Roe, 1958 [Ireland; marine ]
Heterolaophonte campbelliensis (Lang, 1934) [Feuerland; marine]
Heterolaophonte curvata curvata (Douwe, 1929) [France, Algerie; marine coastal waters] [PDF2]
Heterolaophonte curvata micrarthros Marcus & Por, 1960 [Black Sea] (species inquirenda according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte denticulata Roe, 1958 [Ireland; marine coastal waters]
Heterolaophonte discophora (Willey, 1929) [north America; marine, tidal pools]
Heterolaophonte exigua (T. Scott, 1912) [Sud-Orkneys, Scotia Bay; marine] (incertae sedis according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte furcata Noodt, 1958 [Canary Islands; marine]
Heterolaophonte hamatus Jakobi, 1954 [Brazil; marine interstitial]
Heterolaophonte hamondi Hicks, 1975 [Ireland, England; marine]
Heterolaophonte heejinae Bang et al., 2011 [Antarctica]
Heterolaophonte insignis Lang, 1948 (incertae sedis according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte islandica Apostolov, 2016 [Islanda]
Heterolaophonte lalanai Varela & Ortiz, 2008 [Cuba; associated with Polyplacophora]
Heterolaophonte laurentica (Nicholls, 1941)
Heterolaophonte letovae Huys, 1990
Heterolaophonte littoralis (T. & A. Scott, 1893) [Europe, north Africa; marine coastal waters]
Heterolaophonte livingstoni Apostolov & Pandourski, 2000 [Livingston Island, Antarctic; littoral]
Heterolaophonte longifurcata Lang, 1965 [USA; marine, tidal pools] (syn. Quinquelaophonte longifurcata (Lang, 1965)
Heterolaophonte longisetigera Klie, 1950 [Ireland, Helgoland; marine]
Heterolaophonte manifera manifera (Wilson, 1932) [north America; marine]
Heterolaophonte manifera sulamericana Jakobi , 1954
Heterolaophonte mendax (Klie, 1939) [Island; marine]
Heterolaophonte minuta (Boeck, 1872) [north Europe, north America; marine intertidal, brackish interstitial]
Heterolaophonte murmanica Letova, 1982 [Murman; marine sand]
Heterolaophonte natator Lewis, 2022 [Columbia]
Heterolaophonte neejinae Banget et al., 2011 [Antarctica]
Heterolaophonte norvegica Drzycimski, 1968 [Norway; marine coastal waters]
Heterolaophonte oculata (Gurney, 1927) [north Africa, Egypt, Australia; wetlands]
Heterolaophonte pauciseta (Lang, 1936) [south Atlantic; marine]
Heterolaophonte parasigmoides Bozic, 1969 [La Reunion] (?)
Heterolaophonte phycobates (Monard, 1935) [France; marine]
Heterolaophonte pygmaea (T. Scott, 1893) [Sao Thomé Island, Red Sea; marine] (species inquirenda according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924) [north Africa; marine] (syn. Quinquelaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924)
Heterolaophonte rottenburgi Lang, 1948 (incertae sedis according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte serrulata Mielke, 1981 [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
Heterolaophonte setigera Lang, 1948 (syn. Laophontopsis setigera (Krichagin, 1877)
Heterolaophonte similis fortior Lang, 1948 (syn. Laophonte similis (Claus, 1866)
Heterolaophonte sigmoides (Willey, 1930) [Bermuda; marine] (syn. Quinquelaophonte quinquespinosa (Sewell, 1924)
Heterolaophonte stroemi stroemi (Baird, 1834) [Europe, north America, Africa; lakes, lagoons]
Heterolaophonte stroemi brevicaudata (Monard, 1928) [Europe, marine]
Heterolaophonte stroemi paraminuta Noodt, 1955 [Maramara Sea]
Heterolaophonte tenuispina (Lang, 1934) [Campbell island; marine]
Heterolaophonte tupitskyi Chislenko, 1976 [Barents sea](species inquirenda according to Kaimak & Karaytug, 2014
Heterolaophonte uncinata (Czerniavski, 1868) [Europe, Algerie; lakes, marine interstitial]
Heterolaophonte variabilis Lang, 1965 [USA; marine, rinsing of algae]
Heterolaophonte wellsi Letova, 1982 [Murman; marine sand] (syn. Quinquelaophonte wellsi (Hamond, 1973)
Heterolaophonte sp. Apostolov & Pandourski (1999) [Antarctic; coastal waters]
OTHER INCERTAE SEDIS OR QUESTIONABLE SPECIES : Heterolaophonte laurentica (Nicholls, 1941); Heterolaophonte manifera sulamaericana Jakobi, 1954; Heterolaophonte parasigmoides Bozic, 1969; Heterolaophonte oculata (Gurney, 1927); Heterolaophonte manifera (Wilson, 1932) KEY TO SPECIES OF HETEROLAOPHONTE
LIPOMELUM Fiers, 1986 [syn. APOLAOPHONTE Wells & Rao,1987]
Lipomelum adriaticum (Petkovski, 1955) [Adriatic Sea]
Lipomelum heteromelum Fiers, 1986 [West Indian Islands; marine interstitial]
Lipomelum hispidum (Wells & Rao, 1987) [Andaman, Nicobar islands; marine]
Lipomelum variabile Fiers, 1986 [West Indian Islands; marine interstitial]
LOUREIROPHONTE Jakobi, 1953
At present, the genus Loureirophonte Jakobi (1953)
includes 12 species (Fiers, 1993; Bodin, 1997). They
have been found in various sand and phytal samples;
L. majacola Fiers (1993) lives in association with the
crab Maja squinado.
Loureirophonte catharinensis Jakobi, 1953 [Brazil; marine coastal waters] * (1)
Loureirophonte cesareae (Por, 1964) [Israel ; marine interstitial] ** (2)
Loureirophonte furcata Fiers, 1993 [Oman; marine] * (3)
Loureirophonte isabelensis Mielke, 1981 [Galapagos; marine] * (4)
Loureirophonte laingensis Fiers, 1993 [New Guinea; marine] * (5)
Loureirophonte majacola Fiers, 1993 [Spain, Portugal; marine] ** (6)
Loureirophonte majahualensis Fiers, 1993 [Mexico; marine] * (7)
Loureirophonte mediterranea Fiers, 1993 [France, Spain; marine] ** (8)
Loureirophonte minutum Gomez & Boyko, 2006 [Eastern Island; marine interstitial]
Loureirophonte paranensis Jakobi, 1953 [Brazil; marine coastal waters] * (9)
Loureirophonte psammophila Mielke, 2001 [Mexico; marine costal sediments] *** (11)
Loureirophonte subterranea (Lang, 1965) [USA; ground waters] *** (10)
* catharinensis-group (Fiers, 1993)
** cesareae-group (Fiers, 1993)
*** subterranea-group (Fiers, 1993)
Key to the species of Loureirophonte
 Distribution map of the species of the genus Loureirophonte
(after Mielke, 2001; modif.; Gomez & Boyko, 2006)
MICTYRICOLA Nicholls, 1957
Mictyricola proxima Nicholls, 1957 [?: ?]
Mictyricola typica Nicholls, 1957 [?: ?]
MICROLAOPHONTE Vervoort, 1964
Microlaophonte spongicola Vervoort, 1964 [Carolina Islands; marine interstitial]
Microlaophonte trisetosa Boxshall, 1976 [USA, Florida; marine ionterstitial]
MOUREPHONTE Jakobi, 1953
Mourephonte longiseta (Nicholls, 1941) [south Australia; marine]
Mourephonte catharinensis Jakobi ,1953
NAMAKOSIRAMIIDAE Ho & Perkins 1977The precise taxonomic position of this family within the order Harpacticoida remained unclear (see Ho & Perkins, 1977
NAMAKOSIRAMIA Ho & Perkins, 1977 (syn. Microchelonia Brady, 1918)
Namakosiramia californiensis Ho & Perkins, 1977 [USA; holothurids parasite] (=Microchelonia californiensis (Ho & Perkins, 1977)
Namakosiramia koreensis Kim, 1991 (=Microchelonia koreensis (Kim I.H., 1991)
Namakosiramia glacialis Brady, 1918 (= Microchelonia galcialis (Brady, 1918
LAOPHONTIDAE T. Scott, 1905
ONYCHOQUINPES Gomez & Morales-Serna, 2013
Onychoquinpes permixtionis Gomez & Morales-Serna, 2013 [Mexico]
ONYCHOCAMPTUS Daday, 1903
"The genus Onychocamptus comprises eight species: (1) Onychocamptus mohammed
(Blanchard & Richard, 1891), the type species, with O. heteropus Daday, 1903 considered
a junior synonym (Zykoff 1904: 247, Lang 1948: 520, Huys 2009: 84); (2)
O. bengalensis (Sewell, 1934); (3) O. besnardi Jakobi, 1954 ; (4) O. vitiospinulosa (Shen
& Tai, 1963); (5) O. anomalus (Ranga Reddy, 1984); (6) O. taifensis (Kikuchi, Dai
& Itô, 1993); (7) O. krusensterni (Schizas & Shirley, 1994), and (8) O. fratrisaustralis
(Gómez, 2001). Most of the species are widely distributed in various types of inland
waters, from fresh to saline (Lee and Chang 2005)" (Boonyanusith et al., 2018)
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Onichocamptus anomalus Ranga Reddy, 1984 [India; lakes]
Onichocamptus bengalensis (Sewell, 1934) [India, Australia; brackish lakes, springs, lagoons, wetlands]
Onichocamptus besnardi Jakobi, 1954 [Brazil; marine coastal waters]
Onichocamptus fratrisaustralis Gomez, 2001 [Mexico; lagoon]
Onychocamptus heteropus Daday, 1903
Onichocamptus krusensterni Schizas & Shirley, 1994 [Alaska; lagoons] (left)
Onichocamptus mohammed (Blanchard & Richard, 1891) [cosmopolitan; brackish, inland and coastal waters]
Onycocamotus satunensis Boonyanusith et al., 2018 [Thailand]
Onichocamptus taifensis Kikuchi, Dai & Ito, 1993 [China; lakes]
Onycocamotus tratensis Boonyanusith et al., 2018 [Thailand]
Onichocamptus vitiospinulosa Shen & Tai, 1963 [Japan; fresh waters, lakes |
QUESTIONABLE SPECIES : Onichocamptus chathamensis (Sars, 1905); Onichocamptus armiger (Gurney, 1927); Onichocamptus mirabilis (Gurney, 1927); Onichocamptus gladiator Vervoort, 1964
LOBITELLA Monard, 1934
Lobitella apoda Lang, 1948 (questionable taxon)TROGLOPHONTE Huys & Lee, 2000
Troglophonte lampsakosiensis Sabaka & Sacs, 2023 [Turkey]
Troglophonte spelaea Huys & Lee, 2000
PSEUDONYCHOCAMPTUS Lang, 1944
Pseudonychocamptus abbreviatus Sars, 1920) [France; brackish, fresh waters]
Pseudonychocamptus carthyi Hamond, 1968 [Australkia; ?] (=Marbefia carthyi (Hamond, 1968)
Pseudonychocamptus colomboi Ceccherelli, 1988 [Adriatic Sea, lagoons]
Pseudonychocamptus kolarovi Apostolov, 2008 [Greece, Aegean Sea; marine littoral] (=Paralaophonte kolarovi (Apostolov, 2008)
Pseudonychocamptus koreni (Boeck, 1872) [France; brackish waters]
Pseudonychocamptus marinovi Apostolov & Petkovski, 1980 [Adriatic Sea]
Pseudonychocamptus paraproxima Lang, 1965
Pseudonychocamptus proximus (Sars, 1908) [Europe, north America; brackish waters]
Pseudonychocamptus spinifer Lang, 1965 [USA; marine tidal pools]
SPECIES INCERTA : Pseudonychocamptus paraproximus Lang, 1965
| KEY TO SPECIE OF THE GENUS PSEUDONYCHOCAMPTUS |
APOLAOPHONTE Wells & Rao. 1987 (=Lipomelum Fiers, 1986)
Apolaophonte hispida Wells & Rao. 1987
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