Biology:Dendrocephalus
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Short description: Genus of small freshwater animals
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| Genus: | Dendrocephalus Daday, 1908
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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
- Dendrocephalus acacioidea (Belk & Sissom, 1992) – United States
- Dendrocephalus alachua (Dexter, 1953) – United States
- Dendrocephalus lithaca Creaser, 1940 – United States
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)". Zootaxa 1260: 1–25. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01260p025f.pdf.
- ↑ Nicolas Rabet (2006). "A new species of Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae)". Zootaxa 1370: 49–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.4. http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2006f/z01370p057f.pdf.
Wikidata ☰ Q3621115 entry
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