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PHYLLOPOD CRUSTACEA 



Artemia salina (Linnaeus) 



1758 Cancer siiliiuis Syst. Nat. (10th ed.) 1:634 



Locality: Indian Tibk.t: Tso Kar. 200+ S S 9 9. 5-1X-32. 



Reported from : Nowhere else in the Indian region, but it has been taken in a great numljer of 

 localities in central and western Asia, as well as in other parts of the world. The Tso 

 Kar colony may have come from eggs dropped by a caravan carrying salt, though there 

 seems to be no reason for its not being fnund naturally at several localities in the Indian 

 region. 



Types : Ubi ? 



Figure 1. — Artemia salina. A, head of Tso Kar S from above. B, head of Tso Kar 9 from in front. C, end 

 of abdomen of Tso Kar $ from above. D, end of abdomen of $ raised from Tso Kar eggs in 10% Na CI solution. 

 (Heads X 23, abdomens X 46.) 



