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Artemia salina
crustacean
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species of brine shrimp
- In brine shrimp
…shrimp belonging to the species Artemia salina, which occur in vast numbers in the Great Salt Lake, Utah, are of commercial importance. Young brine shrimp hatched there from dried eggs are used widely as food for fish and other small animals in aquariums. A. monica is endemic to Mono Lake,…
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use as animal feed
- In crustacean: Importance to humans
…and the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) are used as fish food in aquariums and fish ponds, and the larvae of the latter are widely used as food for the larvae of larger crustaceans reared in captivity. Ostracods, of which numerous fossil and subfossil species are known, are important to…
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