Artemia monica Mono brine shrimp

Artemia monica is commonly referred to as Mono brine shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Easy. A aquarium size of at least 1 Liter is recommended. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:: 9084
AphiaID:: 740630

Scientific:: Artemia monica
German:: Salzwasserkrebs
English:: Mono Brine Shrimp

Category:: Food

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Branchiopoda (Class) > Anostraca (Order) > Artemiidae (Family) > Artemia (Genus) > monica (Species)
Initial determination:: Verrill, 1869

Occurrence:: Eastern Pacific Ocean, USA, West Coast USA
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: 41 °F - 68 °F (5°C - 20°C)
Food:: Algae (Algivore), Spirulina
Tank:: 0.22 gal (~ 1L)
Difficulty:: Easy
Offspring:: Easy to breed
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Artemia franciscana
Salinenkrebs
Artemia gracilis
Artemia monica
Salzwasserkrebs
Artemia parthenogenetica
Artemia persimilis
Salinenkrebs
Artemia salina
Salinenkrebs
Artemia sinica
Artemia tibetiana
Artemia tunisiana
Artemia urmiana

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2015-12-27 18:43:18
Last edit:: 2022-05-25 19:25:38

Captive breeding / propagation

Artemia monica is easy to breed. There are offspring in the trade available. If you are interested in Artemia monica, please contact us at Your dealer for a progeny instead of a wildcat. You help to protect the natural stocks.

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Verrill, 1869

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Branchiopoda (Class) > Sarsostraca (Subclass) > Anostraca (Order) > Artemiidae (Family) > Artemia (Genus) > Artemia monica (Species)

External links

Appendix J. Natural History of the Mono Lake Brine Shrimp (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
Artemia & Co. (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Artemia Fragen & Antworten (en). Abgerufen am 10.06.2024.
Kakerlakenparade (de). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
NatureServe Explorer (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
SeaLifeBase (multi). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
Settling taxonomic and nomenclatural problems in brine shrimps, Artemia (Crustacea: Branchiopoda: Anostraca), by integrating mitogenomics, marker discordances and nomenclature rules (en). Abgerufen am 18.05.2022.
The Metabolic Capability and Phylogenetic Diversity of Mono Lake During a Bloom of the Eukaryotic Phototroph Picocystis strain ML (en). Abgerufen am 25.05.2022.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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