artemia salina

Thân thiện

Artemia salina thrive in the saline lake's shallow waters.

Definition

Noun 1. A species of brine shrimp: Artemia salina is the scientific name for a small crustacean, a type of brine shrimp, commonly found in saline lakes and salt pans around the world.

Usage

• is primarily used in scientific and biological contexts. It is often referred to simply as "brine shrimp" in general usage, but the scientific name specifies this particular species.
• It is a model organism in biological research and is also widely used as live food in aquaculture, especially for feeding fish and shrimp larvae.

Examples

• "The ecosystem of the saline lake is sustained by populations of ."
• "In the laboratory, we studied the life cycle of ."
• "Fish farms hatch nauplii to feed to juvenile fish."

Advanced Usage

• As a taxonomic reference: The name is used to precisely identify the species within the genus .
• In ecological studies: Used when discussing the adaptation of organisms to hypersaline environments.

Variants and Related Words

• Brine shrimp (n): The common name for , especially .
• Sea monkey (n): A popular name for a hybrid breed of sold as novelty aquarium pets.

Synonyms

• Brine shrimp

Notes

• is a proper scientific name (a binomial). It is always written in italics, with the genus name () capitalized and the species epithet () in lowercase.

Học thuật

Noun

1. common to saline lakes

Từ đồng nghĩa

• brine shrimp
• Artemia salina