Dendrocephalus

Genus of small freshwater animals

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

Dendrocephalus acacioidea (Belk & Sissom, 1992) – United States
Dendrocephalus alachua (Dexter, 1953) – United States
Dendrocephalus lithaca Creaser, 1940 – United States

References

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^ ^a ^b D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1260: 1–25.
^ Nicolas Rabet (2006). "A new species of Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1370: 49–57. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.1370.1.4.