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Species of small freshwater animal From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Artemia monica, the Mono Lake brine shrimp, is a species of brine shrimp, endemic to Mono Lake in California, United States.
Mono Lake brine shrimp | |
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Artemia monica (male) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Branchiopoda |
Order: | Anostraca |
Family: | Artemiidae |
Genus: | Artemia |
Species: | A. monica |
Binomial name | |
Artemia monica Verrill, 1869 | |
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 requirements.[2]
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