Parastreptocephalus

Parastreptocephalus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Streptocephalidae
Genus:	Streptocephalus
Subgenus:	Parastreptocephalus Brendonck & Hamer, 1992

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]

References

^ Luc Brendonck, Michelle Hamer & Alain Thiery (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". Journal of Crustacean Biology 12 (2): 282–297. JSTOR 1549081.
^ ^a ^b Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1995). Checklist of the Anostraca. In D. Belk, H. J. Dumont & G. Maier. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II". Hydrobiologia 298 (1–3): 315–353. doi:10.1007/BF00033826.
^ B. Herbert & B. V. Timms (2000). "A new species of Streptocephalus (Parastreptocephalus) (Crustacea: Anostraca: Streptocephalidae) from north Queensland, Australia". Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 45 (2): 385–390.
^ La-Orsri Sanoamuang & Nukul Saengphan (2006). "A new species of Streptocephalus fairy shrimp (Crustacea, Anostraca) with tetrahedral cysts from central Thailand". International Review of Hydrobiology 91 (3): 250–256. Bibcode 2006IRH....91..250S. doi:10.1002/iroh.200510861.
^ Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1997). Supplement to 'Checklist of the Anostraca'. In M. A. Simovich, C. Sassaman & D. Belk. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Conservation". Hydrobiologia 359 (1–3): 243–245. doi:10.1023/A:1003172516989.
^ M. Hamer (1996). "Streptocephalus zuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2.3. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/20874. Retrieved August 22, 2011.