Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research E-ISSN: 0718-560X [email protected] Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Chile Asem, Alireza; Rastegar-Pouyani, Nasrullah; De Los Ríos-Escalante, Patricio The genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). I. True and false taxonomical descriptions Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, vol. 38, núm. 3, noviembre, 2010, pp. 501-506 Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso Valparaiso, Chile Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=175015282014 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res., 38(3): 501-506, 2010 The genus Artemia: true and false descriptions 501 DOI: 10.3856/vol38-issue3-fulltext-14 Short Communication The genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). I. True and false taxonomical descriptions Alireza Asem1, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani2 & Patricio De Los Ríos-Escalante3 1Protectors of Urmia Lake National Park Society (NGO), Urmia, Iran 2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, 67149 Kermanshah, Iran 3Escuela de Ciencias Ambientales, Facultad de Recursos Naturales, Universidad Católica de Temuco Casilla 15-D, Temuco, Chile ABSTRACT. The brine shrimp Artemia is important for aquaculture since it is highly nutritious. It is also used widely in biological studies because it is easy to culture. The aim of the present study is to review the literature on the taxonomical nomenclature of Artemia. The present study indicates the existence of seven species: three living in the Americas, one in Europe, and three in Asia. Keywords: Artemia, saline lakes, morphology, species, taxonomy. El género Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda). I. Descripciones taxonómicas verdaderas y falsas RESUMEN. El camarón de salmuera Artemia es importante para la acuicultura por su alta calidad nutricional y es muy utilizado para estudios biológicos por ser de fácil cultivo. El objetivo del presente estudio es revisar la literatura sobre la nomenclatura taxonómica de Artemia. Se determina la existencia de siete especies; tres de ellas viven en América, una en Europa y tres en Asia. Palabras clave: Artemia, lagos salinos, morfología, especies, taxonomía. Corresponding author: Alireza Asem ([email protected]) The brine shrimp Artemia is one of the most important - A. urmiana Günther, 1899: Iran (Urmia Lake; aquatic animals used in aquaculture industry. It was West Azerbaijan Province) first reported from Urmia Lake in 982 by an unknown - A. franciscana Kellogg, 1906: America, Iranian geographer (Asem, 2008), and then in 1756 Caribbean and Pacific islands Schlösser pictured both sexes clearly. Linnaeus (1758) - A. persimilis Piccinelli & Prosdocimi, 1968: described it as Cancer salinus but 61 years later, South America Leach (1819) transferred it to Artemia salina. - A. sinica Cai, 1989: Central and Eastern Asia The taxonomic status of the genus Artemia is as - A. tibetiana Abatzopoulos, Zhang & Sor- follows (Martin & Davis, 2001): geloos, 1998: China (Tibet) Subphylum: Crustacea Brünnich, 1772 - Artemia sp. Pilla & Beardmore, 1994: Class: Branchiopoda Latreille, 1817 Kazakhstan Subclass: Sarsostraca Tasch, 1969 - Parthenogenetic population(s) of Artemia: Order: Anostraca Sars, 1867 Europe, Africa, Asia and Australia Family: Artemiidae Grochowski, 1896 Taxonomists are still confused about the Genus: Artemia Leach, 1819 systematic and phylogenetic relationships of the - A. salina (Linnaeus, 1758): Mediterranean area Artemia species (Triantaphyllidis et al., 1997) and - A. monica Verrill, 1869: USA (Mono Lake; there are different opinions about its biosystematics. California) For example, there are two views for A. franciscana 502 Lat. Am. J. Aquat. Res. 6 12 35 11 22 33 28 37 39 16 26 15 25 Comment , 1998 , 1998 ., 1998 et al. et al ., 1998 , 1998 et al et Artemia et al. Abatzopoulos Abatzopoulos Abatzopoulos, Cai, 1989 Cai, Kellogg, 1906 1906 Kellogg, Kellogg, 1906 1906 Kellogg, Piccinelli & Prosdocimi, 1968 1968 & Prosdocimi, Piccinelli 30 Abatzopoulos Abatzopoulos Abatzopoulos, Günther, 1899 Günther, 1899 Verrill, 1869 Verrill, 1869 Cai, 1989 Cai, tibetiana (Linnaeus, 1758) 1758) (Linnaeus, (L., 1758) (L., salina salina sinica sinica Leach, 1819 Aremia monica Aremia Artemia Artemia Artemia sinica sinica Artemia tibetiana Artemia tibetiana Artemia tibetiana Artemia Artemia franciscana Artemia persimilis Artemia sinica Artemia sinica tibetiana Artemia sinica Artemia urmiana Aremia monica Aremia Artemia franciscana 2 4 8 1 3 5 9 7 20 17 18 19 21 14 27 parthenogenetic population(s) of population(s) 27 parthenogenetic 13 34 10 24 32 38 36 23 31 mment True decision decision mment True Artemia , 1998) 2003 , . ., 2003 et al. ., 2003 , 2003 et al et al et et al et et al. Zhou Zhou, . Zhou, Zhou franciscana franciscana (Kellogg, 1906) 1906) (Kellogg, (Piccinelli & Prosdocimi, 1968) Prosdocimi, 1968) (Piccinelli & 29 (Abatzopoulos (Abatzopoulos (Günther, 1900) 1900) (Günther, 1890) (Günther, (Günther, 1899) 1899) (Günther, Günther, 1900 Günther, 1890 Günther, 1890 L., 1758 Linnaeus, 1758 (Verrill, 1869) (Verrill, (Cai, 1989) (Cai, (Yaneng, 1989) (Yaneng, Yaneng, 1989 Leach, 1819 Leach, (Leach, 1819) (Leach, Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758) (Linnaeus, salina salina salina L., 1758 L., 1758 (Leach, 1819) (Leach, (L., 1758) 1758) (L., Linnaeus, 1758 Artemia. decision Co Artemia franciscana monica Artemia parthenogenetica Artemia parthenogenetica Artemia sinica tibetiana tibetiana Artemia sinica Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia Artemia urmiana Artemia urmiana Artemia sinica Artemia urmiana Artemia urmiana Artemia franciscana Artemia persimilis Artemia sinica Artemia sinica Artemia sinica sinica Artemia tibetiana tibetiana Artemia sinica Artemia Artemia urmiana Artemia sinica sinica False Aremia monica Aremia Artemia franciscana species species Genus Species Species Species Sub-species Species Sub-species Species Species Species Species Species Species Species Species Sibling Sibling salina Expresión verdaderay falsa taxonómica sobregénero el True and false taxonomic expression on the genus genus the on expression taxonomic false and True Artemia Taxon Status monica Aremia Artemia franciscana population(s) Partenogenetic Artemia persimilis population Artemia sinica sinica Artemia sinica Artemia tibetiana tibetiana Artemia sinica Artemia Artemia urmiana Artemia urmiana Aremia monica Aremia Artemia franciscana Table 1. Tabla 1. The genus Artemia: true and false descriptions 503 used used therefore Artemia “Trinomial Nomenclature” “Trinomial is 1899. Günther’sis 1899. article hasbeen s cited with the name in a changed in 1819, in accordingArticle 22: to 22A.3. Persia, and its Neighbourhood. The Journal of Journal The Neighbourhood. its and Persia, Crustacea, Am. Crustacea, J. Sci. Arts, 142: 244-254. Am. ]. us had used a different name for name a different used us had Kellogg, 1906 because because 1906 Kellogg, Artemia salina salina Artemia franciscana franciscana by Barigozzi in 1974 (Browne & Bowen, 1991). Since their reproductive in page 395. The correct reference for this manuscript is: manuscript this for reference correct The 395. in page Artemia tural History of Lake Urmi, N.W- Urmi, History of Lake tural Verrill, 1869 so use of parentheses around author name and date is incorrect. incorrect. is date and name author around parentheses of use so Kellogg, 1906 . 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