Genus Artemia Leach, 1819

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Genus Artemia Leach, 1819

Artemia Leach, W.E. 1819. Entomostracés Entomostraca (Crust.). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 14: 524-543 [254].

Distribution

States

Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia

Note that conversion of the original AFD map of states, drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones to IBRA and IMCRA regions may have produced errors. The new maps will be reviewed and corrected as updates occur. The maps may not indicate the entire distribution. See further details below.

IBRA and IMCRA regions (map not available)

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones (map not available)

IBRA

Qld, SA, WA: Avon Wheatbelt (AW), Brigalow Belt North (BBN), Brigalow Belt South (BBS), Carnarvon (CAR), Central Mackay Coast (CMC), Cape York Peninsula (CYP), Desert Uplands (DEU), Einasleigh Uplands (EIU), Esperance Plains (ESP), Eyre Yorke Block (EYB), Flinders Lofty Block (FLB), Gascoyne (GAS), Gawler (GAW), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), Kanmantoo (KAN), Mallee (MAL), Murchison (MUR), NSW North Coast (NNC), Pilbara (PIL), South Eastern Queensland (SEQ), Swan Coastal Plain (SWA), Warren (WAR), Wet Tropics (WT), Yalgoo (YAL)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

Australia
- Queensland: NE coastal
- South Australia: S Gulfs
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Note

Three other forms of Artemia have been described from Australia. King (1855) described Artemia proxima from salt ponds at Newington, Sydney; Henry (1924) synonymised it with Artemia salina Linnaeus, the name given to most species of Artemia at the time. There are no types and Kings' description and drawings are too vague to know what species he was referring to. Almost certainly though it was an introduced Artemia, as no native species of Artemia or Parartemia have ever been known for eastern NSW. Sayce (1903) described two further species, one A. australis from Glenelg, SA, and another, A. westraliensis from Lake Aurean (= L. Annean?; see Timms 2002), Murchinson district, WA. Geddes (1979) believes both are misidentifications of Parartemia. Extant material of A. australis (SAM syntypes C4227) and A. westraliensis (NVM syntypes J205) needs to be checked.