Dendrogaster is a genus of parasitic crustaceans belonging to the family Dendrogastridae.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Thecostraca |
| Order: | Dendrogastrida |
| Family: | Dendrogastridae |
| Genus: | Dendrogaster Knipovich, 1890 |
The genus has cosmopolitan distribution.[1] They parasitise the coelom of sea stars.[2][3]
Species
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Species:
- Dendrogaster antarctica Grygier, 1980[1]
- Dendrogaster arborescens Le Roi, 1905[1]
- Dendrogaster arbusculus Fisher, 1911[1]
- Dendrogaster komatsuae Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]
- Dendrogaster tobasuii Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]
- Dendrogaster nagasakimaruae Saito, Wakabayashi & Moritaki, 2020[2]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Dendrogaster Knipovich, 1890". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ a b c d Saito, Nobuhiro; Wakabayashi, Kaori; Moritaki, Takeya (2020). "Three New Species of Dendrogaster (Crustacea: Ascothoracida) Infecting Goniasterid Sea-Stars (Echinodermata: Asteroidea) from Japan". Species Diversity. 25 (1): 75–87. doi:10.12782/specdiv.25.75.
- ^ Hamel, Jean-François; Mercier, Annie (2009). "New distribution and host record for the starfish parasite Dendrogaster (Crustacea: Ascothoracida)". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 74 (2): 419–425. doi:10.1017/S0025315400039436.