''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. In arthropods, an appendage refers to any of the homologous body parts that may extend from a body segment, including anten ...

arising between the second antennae and the

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s. The genus comprises 16 species in two subgenera: ;''Dendrocephalus'' Daday, 1908 *''

Dendrocephalus affinis ''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 subgen ...

'' 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) –

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Dendrocephalus conosurius ''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 subgen ...

'' 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 16 species in two subgen ...

'' Pereira & Belk, 1987 –

Costa Rica Costa Rica (, ; ; literally "Rich Coast"), officially the Republic of Costa Rica ( es, República de Costa Rica), is a country in the Central American region of North America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, the Caribbean Sea to the no ...

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Dendrocephalus geayi ''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 subgen ...

'' Daday, 1908 –

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Dendrocephalus goiasensis ''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 subgen ...

'' Rabet & Thiéry, 1996 –

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Dendrocephalus orientalis ''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 subgen ...

'' 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 16 species in two subgen ...

'' Pereira & Belk, 1987 –

Galápagos Islands The Galápagos Islands (Spanish: , , ) are an archipelago of volcanic islands. They are distributed on each side of the equator in the Pacific Ocean, surrounding the centre of the Western Hemisphere, and are part of the Republic of Ecuador ...

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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 16 species in two subgen ...

'' 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 16 species in two subgen ...

'' Rabet, 2006 –

*'' Dendrocephalus venezolanus'' Pereira, 1984 –

;''Dendrocephalinus'' Rogers, 2006 *'' Dendrocephalus acacioidea'' (Belk & Sissom, 1992) –

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*'' Dendrocephalus alachua'' (Dexter, 1953) –

*'' Dendrocephalus lithaca'' Creaser, 1940 –

References

Anostraca Branchiopoda genera {{branchiopoda-stub