''Dendrocephalus'' is a genus of

fairy shrimp Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are referred to as fairy shrimp. They live in vernal pools and hypersaline lakes across the world, and they have even been found in deserts, ice-covered mou ...

found in

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and

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. It is characterised by the presence of an antenna-like

appendage An appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part or natural prolongation that protrudes from an organism's body such as an arm or a leg. Protrusions from single-celled bacteria and archaea are known as cell-surface appendages or surface app ...

arising between the second antennae and the

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s. The genus comprises 17 species in two subgenera: ;''Dendrocephalus'' Daday, 1908 *'' Dendrocephalus affinis'' Pereira, 1984 –

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*'' Dendrocephalus argentinus'' Pereira & Belk, 1987 –

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*'' Dendrocephalus brasiliensis'' Pesta, 1921 –

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*'' Dendrocephalus cervicornis'' (Weltner, 1890) –

*'' Dendrocephalus conosurius'' Pereira & Ruiz, 1995 *''

Dendrocephalus cornutus ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Pereira & Belk, 1987 –

Costa Rica Costa Rica, officially the Republic of Costa Rica, is a country in Central America. It borders Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the northeast, Panama to the southeast, and the Pacific Ocean to the southwest, as well as Maritime bo ...

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Dendrocephalus geayi ''Dendrocephalus'' is a genus of fairy shrimp found in South America, South and North America. It is characterised by the presence of an antenna-like appendage arising between the antenna (biology), second antennae and the eyestalks. The genus co ...

'' Daday, 1908 –

*'' Dendrocephalus goiasensis'' Rabet & Thiéry, 1996 –

*'' Dendrocephalus orientalis'' Rabet & Thiéry, 1996 –

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Dendrocephalus sarmentosus ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Pereira & Belk, 1987 –

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Dendrocephalus spartaenovae ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Margalef, 1967 –

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Dendrocephalus thieryi ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Rabet, 2006 –

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Dendrocephalus venezolanus ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Pereira, 1984 –

;''Dendrocephalinus'' Rogers, 2006 *''

Dendrocephalus acacioidea ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' (Belk & Sissom, 1992) –

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Dendrocephalus alachua ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' (Dexter, 1953) –

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Dendrocephalus lithaca ''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 17 species in two subgene ...

'' Creaser, 1940 –

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Dendrocephalus proeliator ''Dendrocephalus'' is a genus of fairy shrimp found in South America, South and North America. It is characterised by the presence of an antenna-like appendage arising between the antenna (biology), second antennae and the eyestalks. The genus co ...

'' Rogers, Dunn and Price, 2019 -

References

Anostraca Branchiopoda genera {{branchiopoda-stub