An overview on the nomenclatural and phylogenetic problems of native Asian brine shrimps of the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea, Anostraca)

Alireza Asem; Amin Eimanifar; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani; Francisco Hontoria; Stephanie De Vos; Gilbert Van Stappen; Shi-Chun Sun

doi:10.3897/zookeys.902.34593

An overview on the nomenclatural and phylogenetic problems of native Asian brine shrimps of the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea, Anostraca)

Zookeys. 2020 Oct 13:902:1-15. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.902.34593. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Alireza Asem^{1

2}, Amin Eimanifar³, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani⁴, Francisco Hontoria⁵, Stephanie De Vos⁶, Gilbert Van Stappen⁶, Shi-Chun Sun¹

Affiliations

¹ Institute of Evolution and Marine Biodiversity, Ocean University of China, 5 Yushan Road, Qingdao 266003, China Ocean University of China Qingdao China.
² College of Life Sciences and Ecology, Hainan Tropical Ocean University, Yucai Rd, Sanya 572000, China Hainan Tropical Ocean University Sanya China.
³ Independent Senior Research Scientist, Industrial District, 21601 Easton, Maryland, USA Unaffiliated Maryland United States of America.
⁴ Department of Biology, Faculty of Science, Razi University, 6714967346 Kermanshah, Iran Razi University Kermanshah Iran.
⁵ Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC). 12595 Ribera de Cabanes, Castellón, Spain Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal Castellón Spain.
⁶ Laboratory of Aquaculture & Artemia Reference Center, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering - Blok F, Ghent University, Coupure Links 653, B-9000 Gent, Belgium Ghent University Gent Belgium.

Abstract

The genus Artemia Leach, 1819 is a cosmopolitan halophilic crustacean, consisting of bisexual species and obligate parthenogenetic populations. Asia is rich in Artemia biodiversity. More than 530 Artemia sites have been recorded from this area and more than 20 species/subspecies/variety names have been used for them. There exist various problems in the nomenclature, identification, and phylogenetic status of Artemia native to Asia, which are discussed in this paper.

Keywords: Artemia; Asia; nomenclature; phylogeny; taxonomy.

Alireza Asem, Amin Eimanifar, Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani, Francisco Hontoria, Stephanie De Vos, Gilbert Van Stappen, Shi-Chun Sun.

Publication types

Review