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Parastreptocephalus
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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, 1929Namibia [2]
  • Streptocephalus lamellifer Thiele, 1900Tanzania [2]
  • Streptocephalus queenslandicus Herbert & Timms, 2000Queensland [3]
  • Streptocephalus siamensis Sanoamuang & Saengphan, 2006Thailand [4]
  • Streptocephalus sudanicus Daday de Dées, 1910Sahel [5]
  • Streptocephalus zuluensis Brendonck & Hamer, 1992 – Zimbabwe & South Africa, endangered [6]

References

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  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. ^ a b Denton Belk & Ján Brtek (1995). "Checklist of the Anostraca". Hydrobiologia. 298 (1–3): 315–353. doi:10.1007/BF00033826. S2CID 42896952.
  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). "Supplement to "Checklist of the Anostraca"". Hydrobiologia. 359 (1–3): 243–245. doi:10.1023/A:1003172516989. S2CID 1350110.
  6. ^ M. Hamer (1996). "Streptocephalus zuluensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T20874A9234557. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T20874A9234557.en.