LAOPHONTIDAE T. Scott, 1905


LAOPHONTE Philippi, 1840

"Laophonte is by far the most speciose genus within the subfamily, currently containing 43 species (Boxshall & Halsey 2004), and historically many authors have attempted to delimit coherent species groups within it, but with limited success.

Sewell (1940) subdivided the genus into 3 main species groups based on the segmentation of the P1 exopod (group I: with 3 segments, group II: with 2 segments, group III: with 1 segment), and further subdivided each group based on the number of antennulary segments and armature formula of the female P5. In group II(iv)(a), Sewell (1940) united L. cornuta and L. adduensis Sewell defining the group by the presence of a 2-segmented P1 exopod, with a 4-segmented antennule, and by 6 and 5 setae on the P5 exopod and baseoendopodal lobe, respectively.

Later, Lang (1944, 1948) recognised 7 species-groups within the genus, the cornuta-, serrata, depressa-, setosa-, inornata-, denticornis-, and the inopinata-group, which are still more or less followed to date" (from: Gomez & Boiko, 2006).


  • Laophonte acutirostris Lang, 1965 [USA; marine tidal pools]
  • Laophonte adamsiae Raibaut, 1966 [France; marine]
  • Laophonte adriatica Petkovski, 1955 [Adriatic Sea]
  • Laophonte adduensis Sewell, 1940 [Red Sea?]
  • Laophonte aldonae Chislenko, 1977 [Franz Josef Land; marine]
  • Laophonte applanata Lang, 1948
  • Laophonte baltica Klie, 1929 [Ireland, Sweden; marine]
  • Laophonte baltica baltica Drzycimsky, 1993 [southern Baltic]
  • Laophonte brevifurca Sars, 1920 [Norway; marine]
  • Laophonte cesareae Por, 1064 [Israel?; marine] *
  • Laophonte ciliata Noodt, 1964 [Red Sea]
  • Laophonte commensalis Raibaut, 1961 [Europe; decapods commensal]
  • Laophonte cornuta Philippi, 1840 [cosmopolitan; marine, lakes, tidal pools, lagoons] [PDF]
  • Laophonte danversae Hamond, 1969 [England; marine shores]
  • Laophonte depressa T. Scott,1894 [Europe, [Italy; marine] *
  • Laophonte dinocerata Monard, 1926 [Europe; marine]
  • Laophonte dominicalis Monard, 1935
  • Laophonte drachi Medioni & Soyer, 1967 [France; marine]
  • Laophonte elongata elongata Boeck, 1872 [Europe, north Africa, marine, amongst algae]
  • Laophonte elongata barbata Lang, 1934 [Stewart Island; marine]
  • Laophonte elongata triarticulata Monard, 1928 [France; marine sand]
  • Laophonte euxiniphila Soyer, 1977 [Kerguelen; marine intertidal]
  • Laophonte expansa Fiers, 1986 [West Indian Islands; marine]
  • Laophonte foxi Harding, 1956 [Europe; brackish waters]
  • Laophonte galapagoensis Mielke, 1981 [Galapagos; marine]
  • Laophonte hirsutus Pallares, 1979 [Argentina; marine]
  • Laophonte ifalukensis ifalukensis Vervoort, 1964 [Carolina Islands; marine]
  • Laophonte ifalukensis brevipes Vervoort, 1964 [Carolina Islands; marine]
  • Laophonte inopinata T. Scott, 1892 [Europe; marine, brackish waters]
  • Laophonte inornata A. Scott, 1902 [Europe, north Africa, Sri Lanka; marine]
  • Laophonte leuke (Por, 1959) [Black Sea]
  • Laophonte lignosa Hicks, 1988 [New Zealand; marine]
  • Laophonte longicaudata longicaudata Boeck, 1865 [Europe, north America; marine, brackish waters]
  • Laophonte longicaudata reducta Lang, 1936
  • Laophonte longistylata Lang, 1948
  • Laophonte nordgaardi Lang, 1948
  • Laophonte parvula Sars, 1908 [Europe; brackish waters]
  • Laophonte parvuloides Lang, 1948
  • Laophonte plana Fiers, 1986 [West Indian Islands; marine]
  • Laophonte platychelipusiodes Noodt, 1958 [Canary Islands; marine]
  • Laophonte pseudoculata Krishnaswamy, 1959 [India; marine ] *
  • Laophonte sagenarum Oliveira, 1945) [Brazil; marine] *
  • Laophonte recticaudata Lang, 1948
  • Laophonte serrata Claus, 1863 [Europe; ponds, fresh, sea waters]
  • Laophonte setosa Boeck, 1864 [Europe; marine, brackish waters]
  • Laophonte sima Gurney, 1927 [north Africa; brackish waters]
  • Laophonte similicornuta Gomez & Boyko, 2006 [Eastern Island; marine interstitial] [PDF]
  • Laophonte similis Sars, 1908
  • Laophonte spinicauda (Vervoort, 1964) [Carolina Islands, Indonesia; marine]
  • Laophonte sporadiensis Brian, 1928
  • Laophonte thoracica Boeck, 1864 [Europe; marine]
  • Laophonte trilobata Willey, 1929 [Canada; marine intertidal]
  • Laophonte vitiospinulosa Shen & Tai, 1973 [China; marine?]

    * questionable species

    INCERTAE SEDIS : Laophonte macani (Sewell, 1940); Laophonte denticornis T. Scott, Laophonte trispinosa (Sewell, 1940); Laophonte vietsi (Klie, 1941); Laophonte macani Sewell, 1940; Laophonte laurentica Nicholls, 1941; Laophonte arenicola Nicholls, 1941; Laophonte lamellipes Nicholls, 1944, Laophonte cornuta nigrocincta Nicholls, 1944; Laophonte longiseta (Nicholls, 1941); Laophonte farrani Roe, 1958; Laophonte confusa Decho & Fleeger, 1986; Laophonte arenicola Nicholls, 1942; Laophonte confusa Decho & Fleeger, 1986; Laophonte farrani Roe, 1958


    PARALAOPHONTE Lang, 1944

  • Paralaophonte aenigmaticum Wells, Hicks & Coull, 1982 [New Zealand; brackish waters]
  • Paralaophonte harpagone Gheerardyn et al. , 2006 [Kenya; coastal waters]
  • Paralaophonte asellopsiformis Lang, 1965 [USA; marine]
  • Paralaophonte brevirostris brevirostris (Claus, 1863) [Europe, Red Sea; marine]
  • Paralaophonte brevirostris fissirostris (Willey, 1935)
  • Paralaophonte congenera congenera (Sars, 1908) [Europe, north Africa; marine]
  • Paralaophonte congenera mediterranea Monard, 1935 [Mediterranean, France; marine]
  • Paralaophonte dieuxeidei (Monard, 1936) [Algerie; Amphioxus sand]
  • Paralaophonte echinata Fiers, 1986 [West Indian Islands; marine interstitial]
  • Paralaophonte gracilipes (Brady, 1910) [Falkland, Kerguelen; ?]
  • Paralaophonte gurneyi (Lang, 1934) [Africa, Egypt; ?]
  • Paralaophonte harpagonae Gheerardyn et. al. 2006 [Kenya; meiobenthos] [PDF]
  • Paralaophonte hyperborea (Sars, 1909) [north Europe; marine sand]
  • Paralaophonte innae Chislenko, 1977 [Franz Josef Land; marine]
  • Paralaophonte karmensis (Sars, 1911) [Norway; marine]
  • Paralaophonte lacerdai Jakobi, 1953 [Brazil; marine coastal waters]
  • Paralaophonte livingstoni Apostolov, 2004 [Livingstone Island.; Antarctic] [PDF]
  • Paralaophonte longipes (T. Scott, 1893) [S. Thomé Island; marine]
  • Paralaophonte lunata (Willey, 1930) [Bermuda; marine]
  • Paralaophonte macera (Sars, 1908) [north Europe; marine]
  • Paralaophonte majae Petkovski, 1964 [Yugoslavia; coastal marine waters]
  • Paralaophonte meinerti (Brady, 1899) [Campbell Island; marine]
  • Paralaophonte obscura Vervoort, 1962 [Melanesia; marine]
  • Paralaophonte octavia (Monard, 1935) [Tunisie; marine]
  • Paralaophonte ormieresi Raibaut, 1968 [France; marine]
  • Paralaophonte pacifica pacifica Lang, 1965 [USA; marine]
  • Paralaophonte pacifica galapagoensis Mielke, 1981 [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Paralaophonte panamensis Mielke, 1982 [Panama; marine interstitial]
  • Paralaophonte perplexa (T. Scott, 1898) [north Europe; marine]
  • Paralaophonte pilosoma Vervoort, 1964 [Carolina Islands; marine]
  • Paralaophonte problematica Mielke, 1981 [Galapagos; marine interstitial]
  • Paralaophonte quaterspina (Brian, 1917) [France, Greece, Rhodos; marine]
  • Paralaophonte sculpta Hamond, 1973 [USA; marine]
  • Paralaophonte septemarticulata Chislenko, 1978
  • Paralaophonte spitzbergensis Mielke, 1974 [Spitzbergen; marine]
  • Paralaophonte taurina (Monard, 1928) [France; marine]
  • Paralaophonte tenera (Sars, 1920) [Norway; marine]
  • Paralaophonte zimmeri (Douwe, 1929) [France; marine coastal waters]


    SPINIFERAPHONTE Gherardyn & Fiers, 2007 [PDF]

  • Spiniferaphonte ornata Gherardyn & Fiers, 2007 [Kenya; interstitial] [PDF]


    PHYCOLAOPHONTE Pallares, 1975

  • Phycolaophonte insularis Pallares, 1975 [south America, marine coastal interstitial]
  • Phycolaophonte tongariki Gomez & Boyko, 2006 [Eastern Island; marine interstitial] [PDF]


    PILIFERA Noodt, 1952

  • Pilifera gracilis (T. Scott, 1903) [Sylt Island; marine coastal interstitial]


    PLATYCHELIPUS Sars, 1908

  • Platychelipus laophontoides Sars, 1908 [Europe; marine coastal waters]
  • Platychelipus littoralis Brady, 1880 [Europe, north America; brackish waters]


    PLATYLAOPHONTE Bodin, 1968

  • Platylaophonte delamarei Bodin, 1968 [France; marine coastal sand]


    PSAMMOLAOPHONTE Wells, 1967

  • Psammolaophonte spinicauda Wells, 1967 [Africa, Mozambique; marine coastal waters]


    PSEUDOLAOPHONTE A. Scott, 1896

  • Pseudolaophonte glemareci Bodin, 1977 [France; marine]
  • Pseudolaophonte proteus Klie, 1950 [Helgoland; marine]
  • Pseudolaophonte spinosa (Thompson, 1893) [north Europe; marine]


    ROBUSTUNGUIS Fiers, 1992

  • Robustunguis minor Fiers, 1992 [Africa,Kenya, Shimoni; marine]
  • Robustunguis ungulatus Fiers, 1992 [USA, Florida; marine]


    STYGOLAOPHONTE Lang, 1965

  • Stygolaophonte arenophila Lang, 1965 [USA; marine interstitial]


    TAPHOLEON Wells, 1967

  • Tapholeon inconspicuus Gheerardyn, Fiers, Vincx & de Troch 2007 [PDF]
  • Tapholeon ornatus Wells, 1967 [Inhaca island; marine interstitial]
  • Tapholeon tenuis Gheerardyn, Fiers, Vincx & de Troch 2007 [PDF]
  • Tapholeon uniarticulatus Wells, 1967 [Inhaca island; marine interstitial]



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