- Artemia salina
Taxobox
name = "Artemia salina"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum = Crustacea
classis =Branchiopoda
ordo = Anostraca
familia =Artemiidae
genus = "Artemia "
species = "A. salina"
binomial = "Artemia salina""Artemia salina" is a species of
brine shrimp , primitive, aquaticcrustacean that are more closely related toTriops andcladocerans than to trueshrimps . They can tolerate fluctuations in the salinity of water — they can live in water having much more or much less salt content than normal seawater. The resilience of these creatures make them ideal test samples in experiments.The females can produce fertilised eggs inparthenogenesis . These eggs can remain in a dormant state, in cysts, for a number of years until they are placed in water.
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