An annotated checklist of the Branchiopoda (Crustacea) of the Dutch Caribbean islands Author Soesbergen, Martin Author Sinkeldam, Jos text Zootaxa 2019 2019-11-26 4701 1 25 34 journal article 24796 10.11646/zootaxa.4701.1.2 da3d32f7-982b-4a5e-a5e6-41cd13f5f790 1175-5326 3557797 6C9D4E59-5E2A-4128-9B18-9A9D3C57072D Family Artemiidae Grochowski, 1895 Artemia franciscana Kellog, 1906 . In older literature, only Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758) is mentioned as this was considered a cosmopolitan species. Today, we know more existing Artemia species ( Assem et al. 2010 ). In Bonaire , A. franciscana Kellog, 1906 is present ( Van Stappen 1996 ; Camargo et al. 2002 ).All observations in the Dutch Caribbean of A. salina probably belong to A. franciscana . Wagenaar Hummelinck (1933) found this species in Bonaire (Goto-meer, Salinja Martinus, Pekelmeer, and Salinja Plenchi). Rammner (1936) reported this species for Bonaire , Curaçao , and St Maarten. In the period of 1960–1964 , several salt pans were sampled in Bonaire and Curaçao to investigate the ecology of this species ( Kristensen & Hulscher-Emeis 1972 ). Vanhaecke et al. (1987) found it on St Maarten, Aruba , Bonaire (Duinmeer, Gotomeer, Pekelmeer, Martinus, and Slagbaai), and Curaçao (Fuik and Rifwater). Van Stappen (1996) reported Artemia spec. for St Maarten, Aruba , Bonaire , and Curaçao ; only mentioning A. franciscana for Duinmeer on Bonaire . The hypersaline habitat in Rif-Sint Marie on Curaçao is threatened by the supply of sea water causing the lake to become less saline ( Vermeij & Chamberland 2012 ).