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.

Noun

1. common to saline lakes