Occurrence of an arctic fairy shrimp Polyartemiella hazeni (Murdoch) 1884 (Crustacea: Anostraca) in Alberta and Yukon Territory

New records are reported for the arctic fairy shrimp Polyartemiella hazeni (Murdoch) 1884 in Yukon Territory and Alberta. The Alberta record, a single male from stomach contents of a rainbow trout, represents a range extension of more than 1600 km, but the population could not be located. Distributi...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Journal of Zoology
Main Author: Daborn, Graham R.
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1976
Subjects:
Animal Science and Zoology
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
Arctic
Yukon
Murdoch
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/z76-235
http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/z76-235
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Summary:New records are reported for the arctic fairy shrimp Polyartemiella hazeni (Murdoch) 1884 in Yukon Territory and Alberta. The Alberta record, a single male from stomach contents of a rainbow trout, represents a range extension of more than 1600 km, but the population could not be located. Distribution of the species is summarized.

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