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Dendrocephalus

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Branchiopoda

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Anostraca

Subphylum
  
Crustacea

Family
  
Thamnocephalidae

Rank
  
Genus

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Similar
  
Dendrocephalus brasiliensis, Thamnocephalidae, Anostraca, Thamnocephalus, Branchinella

Fairy shrimp dendrocephalus brasiliensis slowmo


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:

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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
  • 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

    • Dendrocephalus chicna toc tirol 10 abril mmxi luis gonzalez avi


    References

    Dendrocephalus Wikipedia
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