Parastreptocephalus Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Luc Brendonck . Michelle Hamer . Alain Thiery . amp . 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 . . 12 . 2 . 282–297 . 1549081 . 10.2307/1549081.
2. Denton Belk . Ján Brtek . 42896952 . amp . 1995 . Checklist of the Anostraca . . 298 . 1–3 . 315–353 . 10.1007/BF00033826.
3. B. Herbert . B. V. Timms . amp . 2000 . A new species of Streptocephalus (Parastreptocephalus) (Crustacea: Anostraca: Streptocephalidae) from north Queensland, Australia . . 45 . 2 . 385–390.
4. La-Orsri Sanoamuang . Nukul Saengphan . amp . 2006 . A new species of Streptocephalus fairy shrimp (Crustacea, Anostraca) with tetrahedral cysts from central Thailand . . 91 . 3 . 250–256 . 10.1002/iroh.200510861 . 2006IRH....91..250S.
5. Denton Belk . Ján Brtek . 1350110 . amp . 1997 . Supplement to "Checklist of the Anostraca" . . 359 . 1–3 . 243–245 . 10.1023/A:1003172516989.
6. M. Hamer . Streptocephalus zuluensis . 1996 . e.T20874A9234557 . 1996 . 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20874A9234557.en .