<i>Artemia tunisiana</i> Bowen &amp; Sterling, 1978 (Anostraca: Artemiina: Artemiidae) is a <i>nomen dubium</i>

Abstract The correct type species for the genus Artemia Leach, 1819 is Cancer salinus Linnaeus, 1758. The putative replacement nomen A. tunisiana Bowen &amp; Sterling, 1978 has been acknowledged as a nomen dubium for more than 30 years; however, some recent literature has been using this name without any taxonomic justification. We review the history of these names and emphasise that the correct name for all native bisexual Artemia populations lacking a basolateral gonopodal spiniform projection in Europe and Africa, particularly around the Mediterranean Basin, is Artemia salina (Linneaus, 1758).