| Artemia salina | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Branchiopoda |
| Order: | Anostraca |
| Family: | Artemiidae |
| Genus: | Artemia |
| Species: | A. salina
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| Binomial name | |
| Artemia salina | |
| Synonyms | |
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Artemia tunisiana (but see text) | |
Artemia salina is a species of brine shrimp – aquatic crustaceans that are more closely related to Triops and cladocerans than to true shrimp. It belongs to a lineage that does not appear to have changed much in 100 million years.[citation needed]
Artemia salina is native to saline lakes, ponds, and temporary waters (not seas) in the Mediterranean region of Southern Europe, Anatolia, and Northern Africa.[2][3] Considerable taxonomic confusion exists, and some populations elsewhere have formerly been referred to as this species, but are now recognized as separate species.[2]
- ^ "Artemia salina (Linnaeus, 1758)". WoRMS. World Register of Marine Species. 2012. Retrieved December 7, 2012.
- ^ a b Alireza Asem; Nasrullah Rastegar-Pouyani; Patricio De Los Rios (2010). "The genus Artemia Leach, 1819 (Crustacea: Branchiopoda): true and false taxonomical descriptions" (PDF). Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research. 38: 501–506. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-12-01. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
- ^ Alas, A.; Kaya, M.; Öktener, A. (2017). "Distribution and abundance of Artemia salina in the Salt Lake Basin (Central Anatolia, Turkey)". Transylv. Rev. Syst. Ecol. Res. 19 (2): 37–44. doi:10.1515/trser-2017-0011.