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Artemia franciscana

Artemia franciscana

San Francisco brine shrimp(+1)·Kellog, 1906

GBIF:155642356

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PROFILE

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Habitat

Freshwater

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GEOGRAPHY

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REGIONS

Geographic Distribution(10)

Mediterranean Sea
introduced
Spain
introduced
China
introduced
Chinese part of the Eastern China Sea(CN)
introduced
Spanish part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(ES)
introduced
French part of the North Atlantic Ocean(FR)
introduced
French part of the Mediterranean Sea - Western Basin(FR)
introduced
Italian part of the Adriatic Sea(IT)
introduced
New Zealand Exclusive Economic Zone(NZ)
Portuguese part of the North Atlantic Ocean(PT)
introduced

DATA

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Common names used for this species across different languages and regions. Available in 2 languages. 1 preferred.

engSan Francisco brine shrimpengdeuSan Francisco-Salinenkrebschendeu

Vernacular (common) names are the everyday names used for a species in different languages and regions. A single species may have dozens of common names worldwide. This taxon has names in 2 languages. 1 name preferred.

engSan Francisco brine shrimp
engpreferred
Source: McLaughlin, P.A., D.K. Camp, M.V. Angel, E.L. Bousfield, P. Brunel, R.C. Brusca, A.C. Cohen, K. Conlan, L.G. Eldredge, D.L. Felder, J.W. Goy, T. Haney, B. Hann, R.W. Heard, E.A. Hendrycks, H.H. Hobbs III, J.R. Holsinger, B. Kensley, D.R. Laubitz, S.E. LeCroy, R. Lemaitre, R.F. Maddocks, J.W. Martin, P. Mikkelsen, E. Nelson, W.A. Newman, R.M. Overstreet, W.J. Poly, W.W. Price, J.W. Reid, A. Robertson, D.C. Rogers, A. Ross, M. Schotte, F.R. Schram, C.T. Shih, L. Watling & G.D.F. Wilson. (2005). Common and Scientific Names of Aquatic Invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Crustaceans. <em>American Fisheries Society Special Publication.</em> 31. 545 pp. plus index. ISBN 1-888569-64-6.
deuSan Francisco-Salinenkrebschen
deu
Source: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. <em>2017.</em> Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

CLASSIFICATION

Taxonomic Classification Tree

IDENTIFIERS

External Identifiers(1)

To GenBank (69427 nucleotides; 28779 proteins)

NCBI:txid6661

UNKNOWN

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CITATIONS

References(5)

  • 1

    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.

    taxonomy sourceDOI: 10.1111/raq.12052
  • 2

    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

    basis of record
  • 3

    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.

    source of synonymyDOI: 10.7717/peerj.10865
  • 4

    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.).

    basis of record
  • 5

    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.

    additional source
  • Source Information

    World Register of Marine Species

    World Register of Marine Species

    checklist

    An authoritative classification and catalogue of marine names. To obtain a full copy, please go to https://www.marinespecies.org/usersrequest.php

    WoRMS Editorial Board (2026). World Register of Marine Species. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.14284/170 accessed via GBIF.org on 2026-06-14.

    CC BYPublished 6/1/2026View dataset
    GBIF Usage Key
    155642356
    Dataset Key
    2d59e5db-57ad-41ff-97d6-11f5fb264527
    Origin
    source
    Backbone Key
    5180091
    Taxon ID
    urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:717572
    Last Crawled
    6/4/2026
    Last Interpreted
    6/4/2026