Профиль таксономии: Artemiopsis (G O Sars 1897)

Martin & Davis (2001) supply the following comment about Artemiopsidae, which has recently been used as the family for Artemiopsis Sars 1897 (versus Chirocephalidae). 'Within the Anostraca, Brtek (1995) elevated the former chirocephalid subfamily Artemiopsinae to family level and thus recognized the Artemiopsidae. Earlier, Brtek (1964) established the family Linderiellidae. However, Denton Belk (pers. comm.) believed these moves are unwarranted. Concerning the Artemiopsidae, Belk stated, "placing this single genus in a separate family obscures the many features it shares with other genera in the Chirocephalidae, and is thus a hindrance to having a meaningful taxonomic classification of the Anostraca"... In light of Belk's expertise with anostracans, we have followed his suggestion and have not recognized these two families, although they are recognized in the latest key to families and genera (Brtek and Mura, 2000). Our classification of the Anostraca therefore follows Belk (1996), with the exception of the Linderiellidae (which was included by Belk, 1996, but is not included here). A recent molecular analysis (Remigio and Hebert, 2000) of the relationships among extant anostracan families suggested two clades, one containing Artemiidae and Branchipodidae and the other containing the other five families.'