Thamnocephalidae

Dendrocephalus geayi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Anostracina
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Classis: Branchiopoda Superordo: Sarsostraca Ordo: Anostraca Subordo: Anostracina

Familia: Thamnocephalidae
Genera: Aeginecta – Branchinella – Dendrocephalus – Phallocryptus – Spiralifrons – Thamnocephalus

References

• Belk, D and Brtek, J. (1995). Checklist of the Anostraca. Hydrobiologia 298:313-353.
• Belk, D, and Brtek, J. (1997). Supplement to 'Checklist of the Anostraca' Hydrobiologia 359:243-245.
• Belk, D. & Sissim, S. L. (1992). New Branchinella (Anostraca) fron Texas U.S.A., and the problem of antennalike processes. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 12(2):311-316.
• Brtek, J. and Mura. G. (2000). Revised key to families and genera of the Anostraca with notes on their geographical distribution. Crustaceana, 73(9):1037-1088.
• Daday, E. (1908). Diagnoses praecursoriae specierum aliquot novarum e familia Branchipodidae. Annales de Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, n.s., 7:137-150.
• Belk, D. and Pereira, G. (1982). Thamnocephalus venezuelensis, New species (Anostraca: Thanocephalidae), first report of Thamnocephalus in South America. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 2(2):223-226.
• Cohen, R.G. 2002. Description of a new subgenus and a new species of Thamnocephalus (Crustacea: Branchiopoda, Anostraca) from the Salinas Grandes Basin, Córdoba Province, Argentina. Hydrobiologia 481(1): 91–100. Reference page. 
• Dixon, C.J. 2010: Spiralifrons, replacement name for Gurneya Brtek, 1996 (Branchiopoda, Thamnocephalidae), junior homonym of Gurneya Roth, 1974 (Insecta, Blattaria). Crustaceana, 83(10): 1279–1280. DOI: 10.1163/001121610X526960
• Linder, F. (1941). Contributions to the morphology and taxonomy of the Branchiopoda Anostraca. Zoologiska Bidrag Fran Uppsala, 20:101-302.
• Lopez, B. C. (1998). Algunos aspectos de las poblaciones de Thamnocephalus venezuelensis (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) en condiciones naturales y de cultivo en condiciones de laboratorio. Trabajo Especial de grado de Maestria. Universidad Central de Venezuela. Caracas, 118p.
• Margalef, R. (1961). La vida en los charcos de agua dulce de Nueva Esparta (Venezuela). Memoria de la Sociedad de Ciencias Naturales La Salle. XXI(59):75-110
• Moore, W. E. and Young, J. B. (1964). Fairy shrimps of the genus Thamnocephalus (Branchiopoda, Anostraca) in the United States and Mexico. The Southwestern Naturalist, 9(2):68-77
• Mura, G. (1992). Patterns of egg shell morphology in Thanocephalids and Strectocephalids of the new world (Anostraca). Crustaceana, 62(3):300-311.
• Pereira, G. (1983). Taxonomic importance of the frontal appendage in the genus Dendrocephalus. (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae). Journal of Crustacean Biology. 3(2):293-305.
• Pereira, G. (1984). Two new species of Dendrocephalus (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) from Venezuela. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 4(1):147-153.
• Pereira, G. (1987). Three new species of Dendrocephalus (Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) from Central and South America. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 7(3):572-580.
• Pereira, G. & González, M. (1994): Larval development and population biology of Dendrocephalus geayi Daday, 1908 (Anostraca) in temporary ponds from Venezuela. Crustaceana 66(2):163-177.
• Pereira S, G. y Ruiz B, L. (1995). “A new species of Dendrocephalus (Anostraca, Thamnocephalidae) from Argentina”. Crustaceana. 68(5):567-574.*
• Rabet, N. & Thiery, A. (1996) The neotropical genus Dendrocephalus (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Brazil (South America), with a description of two new species. Journal of Natural History, 30(4):479-503.*
• Rogers, D.C., Archangelsky, M., Pessacq, P. 2018. A new genus and species of thamnocephalid fairy shrimp (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) from Argentina (Chubut Province). Nauplius. 26: e2018021. DOI: 10.1590/2358-2936e2018021 Reference page. 
• Timms, B.V. 2012. Further studies on the fairy shrimp genus Branchinella (Crustacea: Anostraca: Thamnocephalidae) in Australia, with descriptions of five new species. Zootaxa 3595: 35–60. Preview Reference page. 

Links

• Thamnocephalidae – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• ZipCodeZoo Thamnocephalisdae Packard, 1883

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