Chirocephalus
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Chirocephalus is a genus of fairy shrimp
in the family Chirocephalidae
. It contains the following species:
Fairy shrimp
Anostraca is one of the four orders of crustaceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are also known as fairy shrimp. They are usually long . Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopodia , and the body lacks a carapace...
in the family Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalidae
Chirocephalidae is a family of fairy shrimp, characterised by a reduced or vestigial maxilla, more than two setae on the fifth endite, divided pre-epipodites and widely separated seminal vesicles. It consists of the following eight genera, including the genera formerly placed in the families...
. It contains the following species:
- Chirocephalus appendicularis Vavra, 1905
- Chirocephalus baikalensis (Naganawa & Orgiljanova, 2000)
- Chirocephalus bairdi (Brauer, 1877)
- Chirocephalus bobrinskii (Alcock, 1898)
- Chirocephalus brevipalpis (Orghidan, 1953)
- Chirocephalus carnuntanus (Brauer, 1877)
- Chirocephalus chyzeri Daday, 1890
- Chirocephalus croaticusChirocephalus croaticusChirocephalus croaticus is a species of fairy shrimp in the family Chirocephalidae. It is found only in Croatia and Slovenia and is listed as a vulnerable species on the IUCN Red List....
Steuer, 1899 - Chirocephalus diaphanusChirocephalus diaphanusChirocephalus diaphanus is a widely distributed European species of fairy shrimp that lives as far north as Great Britain, where it is the only surviving species of fairy shrimp and is protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981. It is a translucent animal, about long, with reddened tips...
Prévost, 1803 - Chirocephalus festae Colosi, 1922
- Chirocephalus hardingi Brtek, 1965
- Chirocephalus horribilis Smirnov, 1948
- Chirocephalus jaxartensis (Smirnov, 1948)
- Chirocephalus josephinae (GrubeAdolph Eduard GrubeAdolph Eduard Grube was a Polish Zoologist.-References:...
, 1853) - Chirocephalus kerkyrensis Pesta, 1936
- Chirocephalus longicornis (Smirnov, 1930)
- Chirocephalus ludmilae Vekhoff, 1992
- Chirocephalus marchesonii Ruffo & Vesentini, 1957
- Chirocephalus mongolianus Uéno, 1940
- Chirocephalus nankinensis (Shen, 1933)
- Chirocephalus neumanni Hartland-Rowe, 1967
- Chirocephalus orghidani Brtek, 1966
- Chirocephalus paphlagonicus Cottarelli, 1971
- Chirocephalus pelagonicusChirocephalus pelagonicusChirocephalus pelagonicus is a species of crustacean in the family Chirocephalidae. It is endemic to the Republic of Macedonia....
Petkovski, 1986 - Chirocephalus ponticus Beladjal & Mertens, 1997
- Chirocephalus povolnyi Brtek, 1967
- Chirocephalus priscus (Daday, 1910)
- Chirocephalus recticornis (Brauer, 1877)
- Chirocephalus reiseriChirocephalus reiseriChirocephalus reiseri is a species of crustacean in the family Chirocephalidae. It is endemic to Bosnia and Herzegovina.-Source:* Sket, B. 1996. . Downloaded on 9 August 2007....
Marcus, 1913 - Chirocephalus ripophilus (Lepeschkin, 1921)
- Chirocephalus robustus G. I. Müller, 1966
- Chirocephalus ruffoi Cottarelli & Mura, 1984
- Chirocephalus salinus Daday, 1910
- Chirocephalus shadini (Smirnov, 1928)
- Chirocephalus sibyllae Cottarelli & Mura, 1975
- Chirocephalus sinensis Thiele, 1907
- Chirocephalus skorikowi Daday, 1912
- Chirocephalus slovacicus Brtek, 1971
- Chirocephalus spinicaudatus Simon, 1886
- Chirocephalus tauricus Pesta, 1921
- Chirocephalus tereki Brtek, 1984
- Chirocephalus turkestanicus Daday, 1910
- Chirocephalus vornatscheri Brtek, 1968
- Chirocephalus wangi Hsü, 1933
- Chirocephalus weisigi Smirnov, 1933