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Princeton's WordNet
Artemia, genus Artemia, Chirocephalus, genus Chirocephalusnoun
fairy shrimp; brine shrimp
Wiktionary
artemianoun
The brine shrimp (of genus Artemia)
Wikipedia
Artemia
Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp. It is the only genus in the family Artemiidae. The first historical record of the existence of Artemia dates back to the first half of the 10th century AD from Urmia Lake, Iran, with an example called by an Iranian geographer an "aquatic dog," although the first unambiguous record is the report and drawings made by Schlösser in 1757 of animals from Lymington, England. Artemia populations are found worldwide in inland saltwater lakes, but not in oceans. Artemia are able to avoid cohabiting with most types of predators, such as fish, by their ability to live in waters of very high salinity (up to 25%).The ability of the Artemia to produce dormant eggs, known as cysts, has led to extensive use of Artemia in aquaculture. The cysts may be stored indefinitely and hatched on demand to provide a convenient form of live feed for larval fish and crustaceans. Nauplii of the brine shrimp Artemia constitute the most widely used food item, and over 2,000 metric tons (2,200 short tons) of dry Artemia cysts are marketed worldwide annually. In addition, the resilience of Artemia makes them ideal animals running biological toxicity assays and it has become a model organism used to test the toxicity of chemicals. Breeds of Artemia are sold as novelty gifts under the marketing name Sea-Monkeys.
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artemia
Artemia is a genus of aquatic crustaceans also known as brine shrimp. They are small organisms, generally less than 1.5 cm long, found in salt water and brine pools. Artemia are commonly used as live food in the aquaculture and aquarium trades, and also helpful for environmental monitoring because they can tolerate high levels of salinity.
Webster Dictionary
Artemianoun
a genus of phyllopod Crustacea found in salt lakes and brines; the brine shrimp. See Brine shrimp
Etymology: [NL., fr. Gr. 'A`rtemis, a Greek goddess.]
U.S. National Library of Medicine
Artemia
A genus of CRUSTACEA of the order ANOSTRACA, found in briny pools and lakes and often cultured for fish food. It has 168 chromosomes and differs from most crustaceans in that its blood contains hemoglobin.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of artemia in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of artemia in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4
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