''Streptocephalus'' 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 temporary waters in

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, and

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and

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, following its ancient origin in

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. It contains the following species: *'' Streptocephalus annanarivensis'' Thiele, 1907 *'' Streptocephalus antillensis'' Mattox, 1950 *''

Streptocephalus areva ''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 Gondwana. It contains the following species: *'' Streptocephalus annanarivensi ...

'' 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 *''

Streptocephalus dregi ''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 Gondwana. It contains the following species: *'' Streptocephalus annanarivensi ...

'' G. O. Sars, 1899 *''

Streptocephalus echinus ''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 Gondwana Gondwana () was a large landmass, often referred to as a superc ...

'' Bond, 1934 *'' Streptocephalus gauthieri'' Brtek, 1974 *'' Streptocephalus gracilis'' G. O. Sars, 1898 *'' Streptocephalus guzmani'' Maeda-Martínez ''et al.'', 1995 *'' Streptocephalus henridumontis'' Maeda-Martínez & Obregón-Barboza, 2005 *'' 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 *'' Streptocephalus longimanus'' Bond, 1934 *'' Streptocephalus mackini'' W. G. Moore, 1966 *'' Streptocephalus macrourus'' Daday, 1908 *'' Streptocephalus mattoxi'' Maeda-Martínez ''et al.'', 1995 *'' Streptocephalus moorei'' Belk, 1973 *'' Streptocephalus namibiensis'' Hamer & Brendonck, 1993 *'' Streptocephalus neumanni'' Thiele, 1904 *'' Streptocephalus ovamboensis'' Barnard, 1924 *'' Streptocephalus papillatus'' G. O. Sars, 1906 *'' Streptocephalus potosinensis'' Maeda-Martínez ''et al.'', 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 * '' Streptocephalus shinsawbuae'' Shu, Rogers, Chen & Sanoamuang, 2018 *'' Streptocephalus similis'' Baird, 1852 *'' Streptocephalus simplex'' Gurney, 1906 *'' Streptocephalus sirindhornae'' Sanoamuang ''et al.'', 2000 *'' Streptocephalus spinicaudatus'' Hamer & Appleton, 1993 *'' Streptocephalus spinifer'' Gurney, 1906 *'' Streptocephalus spinosus'' Daday, 1908 *'' Streptocephalus sudanicus'' Daday de Dées, 1910 *'' Streptocephalus texanus'' Packard, 1871 *'' Streptocephalus thomasbowmani'' Maeda-Martínez & Obregón-Barboza, 2005 *'' Streptocephalus torvicornis'' (Waga, 1842) *'' Streptocephalus trifidus'' Hartland-Rowe, 1969 *'' Streptocephalus vitreus'' (Brauer, 1877) *'' Streptocephalus wirminghausi'' Hamer, 1994 *'' Streptocephalus woottoni'' Eng ''et al.'', 1990 *'' Streptocephalus zeltneri'' Daday, 1910 *'' Streptocephalus zuluensis'' Brendonck & Hamer, 1992

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