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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
Diet
Herbivore 1
System (Realm)
Marine 2
Relationship to People
Invasive or Introduced Species 1
Scientific Name
Artemia salina 1
Conservation Status
Not Evaluated 4
Comparison
CITES Appendix
Not Listed 3
Connections

Child Taxon Of

Branchiopoda, Taxa
Source Wikidata: Artemia Salina

In Biome

Lake, Biomes
Source Wikipedia: Artemia salina

In Ecosystem

Caspian Sea, Ecosystems
Source Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Artemia salina (Animal Diversity Web)
In the Other Atlases

Found In

Africa

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Denmark

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France

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Netherlands

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Norway

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United Kingdom

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Vietnam

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Sources
1. 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.
  • Ecology
    It feeds mainly on green algae.
  • 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..."
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2. GBIF Species API
GBIF Species APIView the Source
3. Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology: Artemia salina (Animal Diversity Web)
Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
  • Conservation Status: CITES
    CITES No special status
  • In Ecosystem: Caspian Sea, Geographic Range
    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.
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4. GBIF (IUCN Red List category): GBIF IUCN Red List category for Artemia salina
GBIF (IUCN Red List category)GBIF taxon key 2235237, category field
Quote, GBIF taxon key 2235237, category field
"category": "NOT_EVALUATED"
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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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