Streptocephalus

Streptocephalus
Streptocephalus shinsawbuae female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Suborder:	Anostracina
Family:	Streptocephalidae Daday, 1910
Genus:	Streptocephalus W. Baird, 1852  [1]

Streptocephalus is a genus of fairy shrimp found in temporary fresh waters in Africa, Australia, Eurasia, and Central and North America, following its ancient origin in Gondwana. ^[2] It contains the following species: ^{[3] [4]}

• Streptocephalus annanarivensis Thiele, 1907
• Streptocephalus antillensis Mattox, 1950
• Streptocephalus archeri Sars, 1896
• 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 coloradenis Dodds, 1915
• 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 dregei G. O. Sars, 1899
• Streptocephalus echinus Bond, 1934
• 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 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 purcelli G. O. Sars, 1898
• Streptocephalus reunionensis Thiéry & Champeau, 1994
• Streptocephalus rothschildi Daday, 1908
• Streptocephalus rubricaudatus (Klunzinger, 1867)
• Streptocephalus rugosus Brehm, 1960
• Streptocephalus sahyadriensis Rogers & Padhye, 2014
• Streptocephalus sealii Ryder, 1879
• Streptocephalus shinsawbuae Shu, Rogers, Chen & Sanoamuang, 2018
• Streptocephalus siamensis Sanoamuang & Saengphan, 2006
• 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, 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

References

1. "Genus Streptocephalus Baird, 1852". Australian Faunal Directory . Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008.
2. Henri J. Dumont & Els Adriaens (2009). "Experimental hybridization of two African Streptocephalus species (Crustacea, Branchiopoda: Anostraca)" (PDF). Current Science . 96 (1): 88–90.
3. "Streptocephalus Baird, 1852". Integrated Taxonomic Information System . Retrieved May 21, 2011.
4. "Streptocephalus Baird, 1852". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 19 February 2026.

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