Parastreptocephalus
| Parastreptocephalus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Streptocephalidae |
| Genus: | Streptocephalus |
| Subgenus: | Parastreptocephalus Brendonck & Hamer, 1992 |
Parastreptocephalus is a subgenus of the fairy shrimp genus Streptocephalus, characterised by features of the male antennae and the tetrahedral shape of the eggs.[1] It comprises six species:
- Streptocephalus kaokoensis Barnard, 1929 – Namibia [2]
- Streptocephalus lamellifer Thiele, 1900 – Tanzania [2]
- Streptocephalus queenslandicus Herbert & Timms, 2000 – Queensland [3]
- Streptocephalus siamensis Sanoamuang & Saengphan, 2006 – Thailand [4]
- Streptocephalus sudanicus Daday de Dées, 1910 – Sahel [5]
- Streptocephalus zuluensis Brendonck & Hamer, 1992 – Zimbabwe & South Africa, endangered [6]
References
- ↑ Luc Brendonck, Michelle Hamer & Alain Thiery (1992). "Occurrence of tetrahedral eggs in the Streptocephalidae Daday (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) with descriptions of a new subgenus, Parastreptocephalus, and a new species, Streptocephalus (Parastreptocephalus) zuluensis Brendonck and Hamer". Journal of Crustacean Biology 12 (2): 282–297. doi:10.2307/1549081. JSTOR 1549081.
- 1 2 Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1995). D. Belk, H. J. Dumont & G. Maier, ed. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II". Hydrobiologia 298 (1–3): 315–353. doi:10.1007/BF00033826.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ B. Herbert & B. V. Timms (2000). "A new species of Streptocephalus (Parastreptocephalus) (Crustacea: Anostraca: Streptocephalidae) from north Queensland, Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 385–390.
- ↑ La-Orsri Sanoamuang & Nukul Saengphan (2006). "A new species of Streptocephalus fairy shrimp (Crustacea, Anostraca) with tetrahedral cysts from central Thailand". International Review of Hydrobiology 91 (3): 250–256. Bibcode:2006IRH....91..250S. doi:10.1002/iroh.200510861.
- ↑ Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1997). M. A. Simovich, C. Sassaman & D. Belk, ed. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Conservation". Hydrobiologia 359 (1–3): 243–245. doi:10.1023/A:1003172516989.
|chapter=ignored (help) - ↑ M. Hamer (1996). "Streptocephalus zuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
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