Artemia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) cyst bank (IATS-CSIC)
Citation
Amat F, Hontoria F, Varó I, Navarro J C (2020). Artemia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca) cyst bank (IATS-CSIC). Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (CSIC). Sampling event dataset https://doi.org/10.15470/s7zzqk accessed via GBIF.org on 2024-08-16.Description
Collection composed of Artemia cysts (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca). These cysts are embryos (gastrulae) with their metabolism suspended, laid by female Artemia on unfavorable environmental circumstances; they are covered by a lipoproteic chorion which protects the embryos and contributes to the bloom of nauplii larvae under favorable conditions. They are dehydrated by drying or high saline solutions. This collection started around 1984-1985. There are sampling event data, and presence data of Artemia populations. Due to the use of Artemia cysts in aquaculture industry, there is, presently a biodiversity loss in the genus, since some of its species are acting as exotic invasive eradicating the native Artemia species in different areas of the world.Sampling Description
Study Extent
GlobalSampling
Artemia cyst, also named durable egg, samples were collected from the brine surface with a plankton net or scraped from the shore mud in their natural environments through personal sampling campaigns in extensive areas of the world when possible or receiving them from an ample colleague net.Method steps
- 1. Sampling crude Artemia material. 2. Cleaning of the less dense floating accompanying materials with brine. 3. Cleaning in brine with different sieving processes through various decreasing size pore plankton meshes (from 1000 to 60 µm) to discard dense accompanying materials of other sizes. 4. Separation of the empty shells with a differential flotation treatment in distilled water. 5. Finally, dehydration in oven at 40°C and packing under vacuum. 6. Stored at 4°C.
Taxonomic Coverages
Different species of the genus Artemia (Crustacea, Branchiopoda, Anostraca)
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Artemiacommon name: brine shrimp rank: genus
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Crustaceacommon name: crustaceans rank: subphylum
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Branchiopodacommon name: branchiopods rank: class
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Anostracacommon name: fairy shrimps rank: order
Geographic Coverages
Hypersaline natural and man-made water bodies from temperate and tropical zones in arid and semiarid locations.
Bibliographic Citations
Contacts
Francisco Amatoriginator
position: Research Professor
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500
email: famatdomenech1945@gmail.com
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
Francisco Hontoria
originator
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 229
email: f.hontoria@csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-1375
Inma Varó
originator
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 225
email: inma@iats.csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3937-3846
Juan Carlos Navarro
originator
position: Scientific Researcher
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 231
email: jcnavarro@iats.csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6976-6686
Francisco Hontoria
metadata author
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 229
email: f.hontoria@csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-1375
Francisco Hontoria
point of contact
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 229
email: hontoria@iats.csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-1375
Francisco Hontoria
administrative point of contact
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 229
email: f.hontoria@csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2466-1375
Inma Varó
administrative point of contact
position: Tenured Scientist
Instituto de Acuicultura de Torre de la Sal (IATS-CSIC)
Torre de la Sal, s/n
Ribera de Cabanes
12595
Castellón
ES
Telephone: 964319500 ext. 225
email: inma@iats.csic.es
homepage: http://www.iats.csic.es
userId: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3937-3846