Dendrocephalus

Dendrocephalus
Dendrocephalus
Dendrocephalus geayi
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Thamnocephalidae
Genus: Dendrocephalus
Daday, 1908
Subgenera
  • Dendrocephalus Daday, 1908
  • Dendrocephalinus Rogers, 2006

Dendrocephalus is a genus of fairy shrimp found in South and North America. It is characterised by the presence of an antenna-like appendage arising between the second antennae and the eyestalks.[1] The genus comprises 16 species in two subgenera:[1]

Dendrocephalus Daday, 1908
  • Dendrocephalus affinis Pereira, 1984 – Venezuela
  • Dendrocephalus argentinus Pereira & Belk, 1987 – Paraguay
  • Dendrocephalus brasiliensis Pesta, 1921 – Argentina, Brazil
  • Dendrocephalus cervicornis (Weltner, 1890) – Argentina
  • Dendrocephalus conosurius Pereira & Ruiz, 1995
  • Dendrocephalus cornutus Pereira & Belk, 1987 – Costa Rica
  • Dendrocephalus geayi Daday, 1908 – Venezuela
  • Dendrocephalus goiasensis Rabet & Thiéry, 1996 – Brazil
  • Dendrocephalus orientalis Rabet & Thiéry, 1996 – Brazil
  • Dendrocephalus sarmentosus Pereira & Belk, 1987 – Galápagos Islands
  • Dendrocephalus spartaenovae Margalef, 1967 – Venezuela
  • Dendrocephalus thieryi Rabet, 2006 – Brazil[2]
  • Dendrocephalus venezolanus Pereira, 1984 – Venezuela
Dendrocephalinus Rogers, 2006

References

  1. ^ a b D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1260: 1–25. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01260p025f.pdf. 
  2. ^ Nicolas Rabet (2006). "A new species of Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1370: 49–57. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01370p057f.pdf. 


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