Base de Datos de las Especies de Galápagos

Categoría de taxón: Aceptado

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).

• 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.
• Hickin, N. (1979) Animal life of the Galapagos. Ferundune Books, Faringdon, U.K., 236 pp.
• 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.