Streptocephalus

Streptocephalus
Streptocephalus woottoni
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Branchiopoda
Order: Anostraca
Family: Streptocephalidae
Daday, 1910
Genus: Streptocephalus
W. Baird, 1852 [1]

Streptocephalus is a genus of fairy shrimp found in temporary waters in Africa, Australia, Eurasia, and Central and North America, following its ancient origin in Gondwanaland.[2] It contains the following species:[3]

  • Streptocephalus annanarivensis Thiele, 1907
  • Streptocephalus antillensis Mattox, 1950
  • Streptocephalus areva Brehm, 1954
  • Streptocephalus bidentatus Hamer & Appleton, 1993
  • Streptocephalus bimaris Gurney, 1909
  • Streptocephalus bourquinii Hamer & Appleton, 1993
  • Streptocephalus bouvieri Daday, 1908
  • Streptocephalus cafer (Lovén, 1847)
  • Streptocephalus caljoni Beladjal, Mertens & Dumont, 1996
  • Streptocephalus cirratus Daday, 1908
  • Streptocephalus cladophorus Barnard, 1924
  • Streptocephalus coomansi Brendonck & Belk, 1993
  • Streptocephalus dendrophorus Hamer & Appleton, 1993
  • Streptocephalus dendyi Barnard, 1929
  • Streptocephalus dichotomus Baird, 1860
  • Streptocephalus distinctus Thiele, 1907
  • Streptocephalus dorothae Mackin, 1942 – desert fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus dregi G. O. Sars, 1899
  • Streptocephalus echinus Bond, 1934
  • Streptocephalus gauthieri Brtek, 1974
  • Streptocephalus gracilis G. O. Sars, 1898
  • Streptocephalus guzmani Maeda-Martínez, Belk, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1995
  • Streptocephalus indistinctus Barnard, 1924
  • Streptocephalus jakubskii Grochmalicki, 1921
  • Streptocephalus javanensis Brehm, 1955
  • Streptocephalus kaokoensis Barnard, 1929
  • Streptocephalus kargesi Spicer, 1985
  • Streptocephalus lamellifer Thiele, 1900
  • Streptocephalus linderi W. G. Moore, 1966 – Linder fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus longimanus Bond, 1934
  • Streptocephalus mackini W. G. Moore, 1966 – Mackin fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus macrourus Daday, 1908
  • Streptocephalus mattoxi Maeda-Martínez, Belk, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1995 – Mattox fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus moorei Belk, 1973 – Moore fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus namibiensis Hamer & Brendonck, 1993
  • Streptocephalus neumanni Thiele, 1904
  • Streptocephalus ovamboensis Barnard, 1924
  • Streptocephalus papillatus G. O. Sars, 1906
  • Streptocephalus potosinensis Maeda-Martínez, Belk, Obregón-Barboza & Dumont, 1995
  • Streptocephalus proboscideus (Frauenfeld, 1873)
  • Streptocephalus propinquus Brady, 1916
  • Streptocephalus purcelli G. O. Sars, 1898
  • Streptocephalus queenslandicus Herbert & Timms, 2000
  • Streptocephalus reunionensis Thiéry & Champeau, 1994
  • Streptocephalus rothschildi Daday, 1908
  • Streptocephalus rubricaudatus (Klunzinger, 1867)
  • Streptocephalus rugosus Brehm, 1960
  • Streptocephalus sealii Ryder, 1879 – spiny-tail fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus similis Baird, 1852 – Caribbean fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus simplex Gurney, 1906
  • Streptocephalus sirindhornae Sanoamuang, Murugan, Weekers & Dumont, 2000
  • Streptocephalus spinicaudatus Hamer & Appleton, 1993
  • Streptocephalus spinifer Gurney, 1906
  • Streptocephalus spinosus Daday, 1908
  • Streptocephalus sudanicus Daday de Dées, 1910
  • Streptocephalus texanus Packard, 1871 – Great Plains fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus torvicornis (Waga, 1842)
  • Streptocephalus trifidus Hartland-Rowe, 1969
  • Streptocephalus vitreus (Brauer, 1877)
  • Streptocephalus wirminghausi Hamer, 1994
  • Streptocephalus woottoni Eng, Belk & Eriksen, 1990 – Riverside fairy shrimp
  • Streptocephalus zeltneri Daday, 1910
  • Streptocephalus zuluensis Brendonck & Hamer, 1992

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