WoRMS taxon details
Artemia franciscana Kellog, 1906
717572 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717572)
accepted
Species
Artemia fertilis Verrill, 1869 · unaccepted (rejected and invalid name,...)
rejected and invalid name, Opinion 1704: ICZN, 1993
Artemia guildingi Thompson, 1834 · unaccepted (rejected and invalid name,...)
rejected and invalid name, Opinion 1704: ICZN, 1993
Artemia tunisiana Bowen & Sterling, 1978 · unaccepted
Artemia utahensis Lockington, 1876 · unaccepted (rejected and invalid name,...)
rejected and invalid name, Opinion 1704: ICZN, 1993
fresh
Not documented
WoRMS (2025). Artemia franciscana Kellog, 1906. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=717572 on 2025-10-12
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Nomenclature
basis of record
Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors 
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basis of record Muñoz, J., Gómez, A., Figuerola, J., Amat, F., Rico, C., & Green, A. J. (2014) Colonization and dispersal patterns of the invasive American brine shrimp Artemia franciscana (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) in the Mediterranean region. Hydrobiologia 726:25–41 [details]
[request]basis of record Muñoz, J., Gómez, A., Figuerola, J., Amat, F., Rico, C., & Green, A. J. (2014) Colonization and dispersal patterns of the invasive American brine shrimp Artemia franciscana (Branchiopoda: Anostraca) in the Mediterranean region. Hydrobiologia 726:25–41 [details]
Taxonomy
taxonomy source
Lin, Y.; Gao, Z.; Zhan, A. (2015). Introduction and use of non-native species for aquaculture in China: status, risks and management solutions. <em>Reviews in Aquaculture.</em> 7(1): 28-58., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.12052 [details]
source of synonymy Sainz-Escudero, L.; López-Estrada, E. K.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; García-París, M. (2021). Settling taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in brine shrimps, <i>Artemia</i> (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), by integrating mitogenomics, marker discordances and nomenclature rules. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e10865., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10865 [details]
source of synonymy Sainz-Escudero, L.; López-Estrada, E. K.; Rodríguez-Flores, P. C.; García-París, M. (2021). Settling taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in brine shrimps, <i>Artemia</i> (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), by integrating mitogenomics, marker discordances and nomenclature rules. <em>PeerJ.</em> 9: e10865., available online at https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10865 [details]
Other
context source (Introduced species)
Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. <em>BioInvasions Records.</em> 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Zenetos, A., Gofas, S., Morri, C., Rosso, A, Violanti, D., Garcia Raso, J. E., Cinar, M. E., Almogi-Labin, A., Ates, A. S., Azzurro, E., Ballesteros, E., Bianchi, C. N., Bilecenoglu, M., Gambi, M. C., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Karachle, P. K., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mastrototaro, F., Mineur, F., Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M. A., Ramos Espla, A., Salas, C., San Martin, G., Sfriso, A., Streftaris, N., and Verlaque, M. (2012). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 13(2): 328-352. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]additional source Zenetos, A., Gofas, S., Morri, C., Rosso, A, Violanti, D., Garcia Raso, J. E., Cinar, M. E., Almogi-Labin, A., Ates, A. S., Azzurro, E., Ballesteros, E., Bianchi, C. N., Bilecenoglu, M., Gambi, M. C., Giangrande, A., Gravili, C., Hyams-Kaphzan, O., Karachle, P. K., Katsanevakis, S., Lipej, L., Mastrototaro, F., Mineur, F., Pancucci-Papadopoulou, M. A., Ramos Espla, A., Salas, C., San Martin, G., Sfriso, A., Streftaris, N., and Verlaque, M. (2012). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2012. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part 2. Introduction trends and pathways. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 13(2): 328-352. [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species impact French part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]Introduced species impact in Spain (Nation) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species impact Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Water abstraction or nuisance fouling [details]
Introduced species impact Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin (Marine Region) Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species impact in French part of the North Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) : Outcompetes native species for resources and/or space [details]
Introduced species vector dispersal Chinese part of the Eastern Chinese Sea(Marine Region) Aquaculture [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| English | San Francisco brine shrimp | [details] |
| German | San Francisco-Salinenkrebschen | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (344 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Artemia franciscana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Artemia tunisiana) (from synonym Artemia tunisiana Bowen & Sterling, 1978)
To GenBank (69427 nucleotides; 28779 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (18 publications)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Artemia franciscana)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Artemia tunisiana) (from synonym Artemia tunisiana Bowen & Sterling, 1978)
To GenBank (69427 nucleotides; 28779 proteins)
To Global Invasive Species Database (GISD)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (4 records)
To ITIS
