Dendrocephalus

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 17 species in two subgenera: 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 Dendrocephalus venezolanus Pereira, 1984 – Venezuela Dendrocephalinus Rogers, 2006 Dendrocephalus acacioidea (Belk & Sissom, 1992) – United States Dendrocephalus alachua (Dexter, 1953) – United States Dendrocephalus lithaca Creaser, 1940 – United States Dendrocephalus proeliator Rogers, Dunn and Price, 2019 - United States

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