Morphological and molecular clues for recording the first appearance of Artemia franciscana (Kellogg, 1906) in Egypt
Artemia franciscana is a native species to the New World, and became an exotic species to most parts of the world.The Egyptian hypersaline, continental Qaroun Lake (Fayoum Governorate, Middle of Egypt) is subjected to a gradually increasing salinity rates that approximate or exceed these of seawater.Artemia populations there are known to be parthen