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Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp or sea monkeys.It is the only genus in the family Artemiidae.The first historical record of the existence of Artemia dates back to the first half of the 10th century AD from Lake Urmia, Iran, with an example called by an Iranian geographer an "aquatic dog", [2] although the first unambiguous record is the report and drawings ...
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 .
Artemia franciscana is a species of brine shrimp endemic to the Americas but now widely introduced throughout the tropics and temperate zones worldwide. [ 1 ] Several late embryogenesis abundant proteins have been identified in this species.
Artemia monica, the Mono Lake brine shrimp, is a species of brine shrimp, endemic to Mono Lake in California, United States. It is a sibling species of A. franciscana, which is widespread in the Americas and also has been introduced elsewhere. The two are closely related, but completely prevented from interbreeding as they have different water ...
A. parthenogenetica, as its specific name suggests, is an obligate parthenogenetic organism, one that reproduces without sexual reproduction. Like other brine shrimp, A. parthenogenetica produces cysts that are highly resistant to environmental changes, including large changes in temperature and salinity, and the stress of drying out and exposure to UV radiation. [7]
Three-eyed “dinosaur shrimp” are stirring in the Nevada desert after flooding upended the Burning Man festival.. Triops and fairy shrimp are small crustaceans that can survive years lying ...
Brine shrimp have the ability to produce dormant eggs, known as cysts. This has led to the extensive use of brine shrimp in aquaculture . The cysts may be stored for long periods and hatched on demand to provide a convenient form of live feed for larval fish and crustaceans .
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