''Karllangia'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus com ...
of marine
copepod
Copepods (; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat (ecology), habitat. Some species are planktonic (inhabiting sea waters), some are benthos, benthic (living on the ocean floor) ...
s. Its name commemorates the Swedish carcinologist
Karl Georg Herman Lang Karl Georg Herman Lang (21 July 1901 – 14 March 1976) was a Swedish zoologist, specialising in crustaceans, especially harpacticoid copepods and tanaids. He was born in Malmö and gained a doctoral degree from the Lund University in 1924. He spen ...
.
The genus contains five species:
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Karllangia arenicola''
Noodt, 1964
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Karllangia obscura''
Mielke, 1994
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Karllangia ornatissima''
(Monard, 1935)
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Karllangia psammophila''
Wells, 1967
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Karllangia pulchra''
Mielke, 1994
References
Harpacticoida
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