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

  1. ↑ 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. doi:10.2307/1549081. JSTOR 1549081.
  2. 1 2 Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1995). D. Belk; H. J. Dumont & G. Maier, eds. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Aquaculture II". Hydrobiologia. 298 (1–3): 315–353. doi:10.1007/BF00033826. |chapter= ignored (help)
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ 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.
  5. ↑ Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1997). M. A. Simovich; C. Sassaman & D. Belk, eds. "Studies on Large Branchiopod Biology and Conservation". Hydrobiologia. 359 (1–3): 243–245. doi:10.1023/A:1003172516989. |chapter= ignored (help)
  6. ↑ M. Hamer (1996). "Streptocephalus zuluensis". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 1996: e.T20874A9234557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20874A9234557.en. Retrieved 9 January 2018.


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