Afrolaophonte is a genus of marine copepods belonging to the family Laophontidae. The genus was first described in 1960 by Chappuis. The type species is Afrolaophonte monodi Chappuis, 1960.
Species of this genus are small wormlike animals that live in the interstices of the sand in the intertidal zone of sandy beaches.
Species: Afrolaophonte aequatorialis Afrolaophonte brevipes Afrolaophonte brignolii Afrolaophonte chilensis Afrolaophonte ensiger Afrolaophonte koreana Afrolaophonte leonis Afrolaophonte michae Afrolaophonte michaelae Afrolaophonte monodi Afrolaophonte pori Afrolaophonte renaudi Afrolaophonte schmidti Afrolaophonte stocki References