Parartemia

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Parartemia
P. zietziana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Branchiopoda
Subclass: Sarsostraca
Order: Anostraca
Suborder: Artemiina
Family: Parartemiidae
Genus: Parartemia
O. A. Sayce, 1903 [1]
Species

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Parartemia is a genus of brine shrimp endemic to Australia.[3] One species, P. contracta is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List.[2] Parartemia contains the following species:[3][4][5]

References

  1. ^ "Parartemia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. ^ a b Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Parartemia contracta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 1996: e.T16187A5507091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T16187A5507091.en.
  3. ^ a b M. C. Geddes (1973). "A new species of Parartemia (Anostraca) from Australia". Crustaceana. 25 (1): 5–12. doi:10.1163/156854073x00443. JSTOR 20102005.
  4. ^ Brian V. Timms & Peter Hudson (2009). "The brine shrimps (Artemia and Parartemia) of South Australia, including descriptions of four new species of Parartemia (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina)" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2248: 47–68. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.2248.1.2.
  5. ^ Brian V. Timms (2010). "Six new species of the brine shrimp Paratemia Sayce 1903 (Crustacea: Anostraca: Artemiina) in Western Australia" (PDF). Zootaxa. 2715: 1–35.