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A detailed morphological and allometrical study was performed withadult males and females of eleven bisexual populations of brineshrimp Artemia. Multivariate procedures, discriminant andcluster analysis, allowed to separate and group together populationswhich exhibit great genetic similarities. The eleven populationsstudied form four distinct groups: the A. franciscana group,the A. tunisiana group, the A. urmiana group and abroader group which includes Eastern Old World populations. Scanningelectron microscopy revealed differences in the male genital organsof an A. tunisiana population by lacking a medial protuberancein the base of the penes while the pattern of the ectodermal ridgesof the brood pouch of A. urmiana markedly differed from theother populations studied.
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Triantaphyllidis, G.V., Criel, G.R.J., Abatzopoulos, T.J. et al. International study on Artemia. LIII. Morphological study of Artemia with emphasis to Old World strains. I. Bisexual populations. Hydrobiologia 357, 139–153 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1003190905100
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