which demonstrated that the fairy shrimp Streptocephalus dichotomus had a high carotenoid content of 114.3 μg g-1 dry weight in comparison with 29.5 μg g-1 dry weight inM. micrura. These authors also reported that canthaxanthin (45.73%), astaxanthin (30.17%) and β-carotene (8.78%) as the major carotenoid pigments in S. dichotomus