Galapagos Species Database
The Galapagos Species Database shares the information about the species from our Natural History Collections.
Artemia salina
Domain
Eukaryota
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Branchiopoda
Order
Anostraca
Family
Artemiidae
Genus
Artemia
Species
salina
Taxon category: Accepted
The report of Chirocephalus brine shrimps mentioned by Hickin (1979: 215)from Isla San Cristóbal probably refers to Artemia salina, because the family Chirocephalidae occurs only in the northern hemisphere (Peck, 1994).
- Gerecke, R. Peck, S.B. & Pehofer, H.E. (1995) The invertebrate fauna of the inland waters of the Galápagos Archipelago (Ecuador) - a limnological and zoogeographical summary. Arch. Hydrobiol./ Suppl. 107(2): 113-147.
- Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
- Peck, S.B. (1994) Diversity and zoogeography of the non-oceanic Crustacea of the Galápagos Islands, Ecuador (excluding terrestrial Isopoda). Canadian Journal of Zoology 72: 54-69.
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"Galapagos Species Database, Artemia salina", dataZone. Charles Darwin Foundation, https://datazone.darwinfoundation.org/en/checklist/?species=5559. Accessed 1 November 2026.