Cytogenetic proof that the brine shrimp Artemia franciscana (Crustacea, Branchiopoda) is found in Argentina.

Artemia brine shrimps are commercially important and they have been extensively studied. This branchiopod crustacean is extensively used in aquaculture and other commercial and applied practices. The genus also awakes an increasing interest worldwide as an experimental model in other basic areas of research such as evolution and cytogenetics.