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SUBJECT MATTER OF EXPERIMENTS AND OBSERVATIONS OF WATER ANIMALS IN SCHOOL AQUARIUM XXIV (BRINE SHRIMP ARTEMIA SALINA)

Lubomír Hanel

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volume: 34
year: 2025
issue: 2
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online publishing date: 6/1/2026
DOI: 10.14712/25337556.2025.2.1
ISSN (Online): 2533-7556

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Anostraca is one of the four orders of crus­taceans in the class Branchiopoda; its members are referred to as fairy shrimp. They live in vernal pools and hyper­saline lakes all over the world, and they have even been found in deserts, ice-covered mountain lakes, and Antarctic i­ce. They are usually 6–25 mm long. Most species have 20 body segments, bearing 11 pairs of leaf-like phyllopo­dia (swimming legs), and the body lacks a carapace. They feed by filtering organic particles from the water or by scraping algae from surfaces. They are an important food for many birds and fish, and some are cultured and harvested for use as fish food. The body can be divided into three distinct parts – head, thorax, and abdomen. The exoskeleton is thin and flexible, and lacks any sign of a carapace.  When swimming, the ventral side is normally uppermost. An important aspect of the life cycle of the fairy shrimp is their universal ability to enter diapause, a state of biological dormancy where growth and metabolism are arrested in the form of an egg (known as a cyst). There are five species of brine shrimp living in the Czech Republic, which inhabit periodic waters. All of these species are protected by law, so the brine shrimp (Artemia salina) is suitable for school breeding; the eggs can be purchased in aquarium shops. This paper describes the breeding process and provides ideas for observation in school aquaria.


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