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Brine shrimp, any of several small crustaceans of the order Anostraca inhabiting brine pools and other highly saline inland waters throughout the world. Brine shrimp normally swim in an upside-down position by rhythmically beating their legs.
- Artemia Salina
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- Artemia Salina
Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp, Aqua Dragons or sea monkeys. It is the only genus in the family Artemiidae.
The brine shrimp is found in inland salt water bodies such as the Great Salt Lake in northern Utah, on the rocky coast south of San Francisco, and in the Caspian Sea. They also occur in many other bodies of water with any salt content, including the intermountain desert region of the western United States, salt swamps near any coast, and many ...
Artemia salina is a species of brine shrimp – aquatic crustaceans that are more closely related to Triops and cladocerans than to true shrimp. It belongs to a lineage that does not appear to have changed much in 100 million years .
22 Νοε 2019 · The brine shrimp Artemia comprises a group of bisexual and parthenogenetic (diploid and polyploid) species. The brine shrimp is a highly favourable organism for genetic and evolutionary studies as a range of key factors driving speciation in most organisms are observed in Artemia (Gajardo et al., 2003). Firstly, the genus includes ...
Brine shrimp are small members of the fairy shrimp order Anostraca, generally reaching only 0.6 inches (15 millimeters) in length (Gzimek et al. 2004). As with other fairy shrimp, the brine shrimp's body is distinctly separated into head, thorax, and abdomen.
At a maximum length of just over 1 cm (0.4 inch), brine shrimp are the largest animals that live in Great Salt Lake. Despite their small size, they are an important part of the lake's ecosystem. Each year millions of birds fatten up on brine shrimp as they prepare nest or migrate around the globe.
