Species Artemia franciscana Kellogg, 1906

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Species Artemia franciscana Kellogg, 1906

Artemia franciscana Kellogg, V.L. 1906. A new Artemia and its life conditions. Science (Washington, D.C.) NS 24: 594-596.

Distribution

States

Queensland, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Worldwide, introduced to Australian salt works, including Bowen and Rockhampton (Geddes, 1979a,b) and Dampier and, up to the late 1990s, Useless Loop at Shark Bay; also at Dampier, Onslow, and Port Hedland, WA (M. Coleman, pers.comm.).

Introduced.

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, 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), Gascoyne (GAS), Geraldton Sandplains (GS), Jarrah Forest (JF), 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
- Western Australia: NW coastal, SW coastal

Ecological Descriptors

Suspension feeder.

General References

Geddes, M.C. 1979. Occurrence of the brine shrimp Artemia (Crustacea: Anostraca) in Australia. Crustaceana 36: 225-228

Geddes, M.C. 1979. The brine shrimps Artemia and Parartemia in Australia. In, Persoone, G., Sorgellos, P., Roels , O. & Jaspers, E. (eds). The Brine Shrimp Artemia. Wetterin : Universa Press.

Geddes, M.C. & Williams, W.D. 1987. Comments on Artemia introductions and the need for conservation. In, Sorgeloos, P., Bengtson, D.A., Decleir, W. & Jaspers, E. (eds). Artemia Research and its Application Vol 3. Ecology, Culturing, Use in Aquaculture. Wetterin : Universal Press.

Geddes, M.C. & Williams, W.D. 1991. Anostracans of Australian salt lakes, with particular reference to a comparison of Parartemia and Artemia. In, Browne, R.A., Sorgeloos, P. & Trotman, C.N.A. (eds). Artemia Biology. Ann Arbor : CRC Press.

History of changes

Note that this list may be incomplete for dates prior to September 2013.

Published	Action Date	Action Type
09-Aug-2012	18-Dec-2012	MODIFIED
18-Aug-2010	18-Aug-2010	MODIFIED
	14-May-2010	MODIFIED

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