Artemia franciscana (Kellogg, 1906)

Rogers, D. Christopher & Cruz-Rivera, Edwin, 2021, A preliminary survey of the inland aquatic macroinvertebrate biodiversity of St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Journal of Natural History 55 (13 - 14), pp. 799-850 : 810

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.1080/00222933.2021.1923850

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/6056877F-FF9C-FFE0-FE29-1B4687B4B009

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scientific name

Artemia franciscana (Kellogg, 1906)
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Artemia franciscana (Kellogg, 1906) View in CoL

The brine shrimp (sea monkey) A. franciscana is known from throughout the Caribbean ( Triantaphyllidis et al. 1998), including Puerto Rico ( Hartland-Rowe 1982; Triantaphyllidis et al. 1998), and the Virgin Islands ( Triantaphyllidis et al. 1998; Smith and Little 2003). We found a new record for this species on Saba Island.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Branchiopoda

Order

Anostraca

Family

Artemiidae

Genus

Artemia

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