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OK, Artemia parthenogenetica is not a true species, just the name given to a bunch of different parthenogenetic populations of Artemia. The correct denomination for this population is 'Artemia diploid parthenogenetic strain', but the name is still in use because no one has formally described it. Marinha da Troncalhada is one of the last refugia in Portugal of the native parthenogenetic strain from the invasive Artemia franciscana:
http://www.fc.up.pt/pessoas/nmonteir/Nuno_Monteiro_Homepage//Publications_files/wetlands.pdf

Sarcocornia alpini subsp. carinata Fuente, Rufo & Sánchez Mata in Pl. Biosystems 147(1): 170 (2013)

Salicornia alpini subsp. carinata (Fuente, Rufo & Sánchez Mata) Piirainen & G.Kadereit in Taxon 66(1): 124 (2017)

En las fotos se observan fragmentos de saladar que contiene claros con costra salina, Frankenia pulverulenta y Salicornia ramosissima, comunidades de Sarcocornia alpini subsp. carinata, comunidades de Juncus maritimus, comunidades de Suaeda vera braunblanquetii, albardinares de Lygeum spartum, y en el borde exterior comunidades de Atriplex halimus.

Ah, I am for sure not really equipped for the fine art of cave-photography, but here I just had to try. Discovered this growd a few weeks ago in an artificial cave in the middle of Cairo and was sure that they would be present on iNat already. They are not, so I went back today to take pictures. They made a sound like 100 puppies with squeeky-toys.. so adorable :-)