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

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

References

1. D. Christopher Rogers (2006). "A genus level revision of the Thamnocephalidae (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1260: 1–25.
2. Nicolas Rabet (2006). "A new species of Brazilian Dendrocephalus (Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae)" (PDF). Zootaxa 1370: 49–57.