Family Artemiidae Grochowski, 1896

(1) Artemia franciscana Kellogg, 1906 . Salar de Surire (18°48' S; 69°04' W), Salar de Llamara (21°18' S; 69° 37' W), Yape pools (20° 40' S; 70° 15'W), Salar de Atacama: Cejas lagoon (23° 02' S; 68° 13' W); Tebenquiche lagoon (23°07' S; 68° 16' W); Chaxas pools (23° 09' S; 68° 13'W); Pampilla pools (29° 50' S; 71° 22' W); Palo Colorado (Los Vilos) pools (31° 51' S; 71° 25' W) (Zúñiga et al. 1994, 1999); El Convento Salt works (33° 52' S; 71° 44' W) (De los Ríos & Zúñiga 2000); Pichilemu salt works (Gajardo et al. 1995); La Rinconada lagoon (Crespo & De los Ríos 2004). A widely distributed taxon.

(2) Artemia persimilis Piccinelli & Prosdocimi, 1968 . Amarga lagoon (50° 29' S; 72° 45' W) (Gajardo et al. 1998, 1999; De los Ríos-Escalante 2011); De los Cisnes lagoon (53° 14' S; 70° 00' W) (De los Ríos 2005). The species is distributed in southern Chile.