Dendrocephalus Explained

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. 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

Notes and References

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