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]
| Parartemia | |
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| P. zietziana | |
Scientific classification 
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| 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 acidiphila Timms & Hudson, 2009
- Parartemia auriciforma Timms & Hudson, 2009
- Parartemia bicorna Timms, 2010
- Parartemia boomeranga Timms, 2010
- Parartemia contracta Linder, 1941
- Parartemia cylindrifera Linder, 1941
- Parartemia extracta Linder, 1941
- Parartemia informis Linder, 1941
- Parartemia laticaudata Timms, 2010
- Parartemia longicaudata Linder, 1941
- Parartemia minuta Geddes, 1973
- Parartemia mouritzi Timms, 2010
- Parartemia purpurea Timms, 2010
- Parartemia serventyi Linder, 1941
- Parartemia triquetra Timms & Hudson, 2009
- Parartemia veronicae Timms, 2010
- Parartemia yarleensis Timms & Hudson, 2009
- Parartemia zietziana Sayce, 1903
References
edit- ^ "Parartemia". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
