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Artemia Salina

Crustaceans

Artemia salina is a species of brine shrimp, an aquatic crustacean more closely related to Triops and cladocerans than to true shrimp, in the family Artemiidae and named by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. It is native to saline lakes, ponds, and temporary waters of the Mediterranean region of southern Europe, Anatolia, and northern Africa, and is notably absent from the open sea. Reaching about 15 millimeters in length, it has three eyes and eleven pairs of legs, and carries hemoglobin, the same oxygen-carrying pigment found in vertebrates; males have distinctly enlarged, modified second antennae that serve as claspers during mating.

Facts
Classification
System (Realm)
Marine 1
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 2
Scientific Name
Artemia salina 2
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Branchiopoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Artemia Salina

In Biome

Lake, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Artemia salina
In the Other Atlases
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Africa, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Denmark, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: France, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Netherlands, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Norway, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: United Kingdom, found in there.
  • Also in Geography Atlas: Vietnam, found in there.
Sources
1. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
2. Wikipedia: Artemia salina
Wikipedia
  • Wikidata Q1135229 (P225 taxon name)
  • article text (relationship to people), EntityId 341123
    That species has been widely introduced to places outside its native range, including the Mediterranean region, where it locally outcompetes the native Artemia salina.
  • In Biome: Lake, Wikipedia intro: "lion years. It is also one of the largest brine shrimp species. Artemia salina is native to saline lakes, ponds, and temporary waters (not seas) in the Mediterr..."
View the Source
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
International Union for Conservation of NatureView the Source
Wikidata: Artemia Salina
Child Taxon Of: Branchiopoda, Wikidata parent-taxon (P171) chainView the Source
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