MBI Species Classification Request

General

Name:

Jz Conrad ( jazzybio13 )

Status:

Evaluating

Date:

08/21/2013

Classification Type:

New

Challenge

Species:

Artemia franciscana

Suggested Class:

FC1

Common Name(s):

Species Synonyms:

Fish/Invert/Culture:

- Select O

Spawn Mode:

N/A

Fish Base Link:

Breeding Success:

False

Success References:

Journal:

If Challenging Existing Classification
Reasons Species Should be Reclassified:	I believe the initial classification of Artemia franciscana and Artemia salina should be classified as FC1 instead of FC0 cultures. The amount of work that must be put into the cultures themselves to be maintained at densities needed to actually be useful to breeders is far more difficult than I believe they were initially assessed at. Although they are a common childhood sea monkey pet that is often hatched out and observed with very little effort, once you begin trying to mass produce and keep a continuous culture they become much more difficult than your counter top sea monkey's. At much larger densities they consume any food source rapidly and to actually sustain a reproductive rich culture the water quality must also be kept up on. I personally have raised both A. franciscana and A. salina as continuous cultures along with rotifers and Tigriopus californicus and find them to be more difficult to keep 'clean', 'reproductively successful' and at 'sufficient densities' than my B. plicatilis or T. californicus. Both of those are classified as FC1's and I believe these two species of Artemia should be evaluated again. Although there are at least 6 other Artemia species that should be evaluated I can not challenge their classification status simply because I have not personally done the work to justify this. I am not asking you to consider this based on the level of difficulty to get them from cyst to nauplius (this isn't a true culture in my opinion) but instead the level of difficulty to achieve an adult continuous culture. Yes, initially starting them is easy to do, but maintaining at high volume is not. ;) thanks for considering!

If Challenging Existing Classification

Reasons Species Should be Reclassified:

I believe the initial classification of Artemia franciscana and Artemia salina should be classified as FC1 instead of FC0 cultures. The amount of work that must be put into the cultures themselves to be maintained at densities needed to actually be useful to breeders is far more difficult than I believe they were initially assessed at.
Although they are a common childhood sea monkey pet that is often hatched out and observed with very little effort, once you begin trying to mass produce and keep a continuous culture they become much more difficult than your counter top sea monkey's. At much larger densities they consume any food source rapidly and to actually sustain a reproductive rich culture the water quality must also be kept up on. I personally have raised both A. franciscana and A. salina as continuous cultures along with rotifers and Tigriopus californicus and find them to be more difficult to keep 'clean', 'reproductively successful' and at 'sufficient densities' than my B. plicatilis or T. californicus. Both of those are classified as FC1's and I believe these two species of Artemia should be evaluated again. Although there are at least 6 other Artemia species that should be evaluated I can not challenge their classification status simply because I have not personally done the work to justify this. I am not asking you to consider this based on the level of difficulty to get them from cyst to nauplius (this isn't a true culture in my opinion) but instead the level of difficulty to achieve an adult continuous culture. Yes, initially starting them is easy to do, but maintaining at high volume is not. ;) thanks for considering!

If Requesting New Classification
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Other Details
Other Information:	You may look at my journal as proof that there is plenty of work to be had in this culture. :) http://www.mbisite.org/Forums/tm.aspx?high=&m=84885&mpage=1#85963

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