Genus of small freshwater animals
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.[1] The genus comprises 17 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