Use the links to navigate the hierarchy of invertebrate classification.

  Suborder Artemiina

Family Artemiidae

    Genus Artemia -- North America.

Taxon Information

The Family Artemiidae has been reported (or is assumed) to occur in fresh waters. This taxon has been reported from North America.

(These statements were generated automatically from the WInvertebrates database.)

Literature Records

• Artemiidae, [Palearctic, Nearctic, Neotropical, Afrotropical, Oriental, Australasian, Pacific; 9 species in 1 genus worldwide, 3 Nearctic species] (Brendonck et al., 2008).
• Artemiidae, 2 species, primarily western states [North America] (Smith, 2001).
• Artemiidae, "One genus" (Dexter, 1959).

Bibliography

• Brendonck, L. D.C. Rogers, J. Olesen, S. Weeks, & W.R. Hoeh. 2008. Global diversity of the large branchiopods (Crustacea: Branchiopoda) in freshwater. Hydrobiologia 595: 167-176. [Available online]
• Smith, D.G. 2001. Phyllopodous Branchiopoda (fairy, tadpole, and clam shrimps). Pennak's Freshwater Invertebrates of the United States, 4th edition: 427-452.
• Dexter, R.W. 1959. Anostraca. [in] W.T. Edmondson (ed.). Ward & Whipple Fresh-Water Biology, 2nd edition: 558-576.

Web Pages

• Animal Diversity Web
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• WikiSpecies
• World Register of Marine Species