Artemia franciscana

Classification

Artemiidae [family]
Artemia [genus] (1)
franciscana [species]

Classification

Artemiidae [family]
Artemia [genus] (1)
franciscana [species]

Presence

Recorded on
  • Aruba
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  • Bonaire
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  • Curaçao
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  • Sint Maarten
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    Presence status
  • Indigenous (1) - Aruba
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  • Indigenous (1) - Bonaire
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  • Indigenous (1) - Curaçao
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  • Indigenous (1) - Sint Maarten
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    Notes on presence status All specimens from the Dutch Caribbean Islands are previously identified as Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758), however new insights review that all these specimens might belong to Artemia franciscana Kellog, 1906.

    Publications

    • Rammner, W. 1936. Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise nach Bonaire, Curaçao und Aruba im Jahre 1930. 15. Artemia salina auf Bonaire, Curaçao und St. Martin. Zoologische Jahrbücher. Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere 67(5-6): 353-362.
    • Soesbergen, M., Sinkeldam, J. 2019. An annotated checklist of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of the Dutch Caribbean islands. Zootaxa 4701(1): 25-34.