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Artemia

Description

Artemia in South Australia

There are only three reliable records of Artemia in South Australia: A. franciscana occurs in the Dry Creek salt works (Coleman & Eden, 2005) and in Bird Lake and adjacent lakes at Port Augusta (Coleman, 1998) where it is reputed to have been introduced either to past salt harvesting operations or by aquarium enthusiasts. Its continued presence in the Dry Creek salt works in ponds interconnected with some in which P. zietziana occurs was confirmed in January 2009 by one of us (BVT). Artemia parthenogenetica occurs occasionally in the Dry Creek salt works (P. Coleman, pers. comm.). The occurrence of Artemia at Coopers Creek (Geddes and Williams, 1987) has not been confirmed despite the passage of more than 20 years, and moreover there is no evidence that it has spread. Also the rumoured reports of Artemia in the Coorong have not been confirmed (M. Geddes, pers.comm.).

Notes

Published as part of Timms, Brian V & Hudson, Peter, 2009, The brine shrimps (Artemia and Parartemia) of South Australia, including descriptions of four new species of Parartemia (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina), pp. 47-68 in Zootaxa 2248 on page 64, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.190741

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Order
Anostraca
Family
Artemiidae
Genus
Artemia
Taxon rank
genus

References

  • Coleman, P. S. J., & Eden, R. (2005) Dry Creek Salt Fields, 2005 Biological Status. Delta Environmental Consulting.
  • Coleman, P. S. J. (1998) Foam Mitigation Study - Bird Lake. Consultant's report for the City of Port Augusta. Delta Environmental Consulting. 56 pages.
  • Geddes, M. C. & Williams, W. D. (1987) Comments on Artemia introductions and the need for conservation. Pages 19 - 26 In P. Sorgeloos, D. A. Bengston, W. Decleir & E. Jaspers (eds) Artemia Research and its Applications. Vol 3. Ecology, Culturing, Use in Aquaculture. Universa Presss, Wetterin, Belgium.