Artemia monica

Mono Lake brine shrimp
Artemia monica (male)
Conservation status
Conservation Dependent  (IUCN 2.3) [1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Branchiopoda
Order:	Anostraca
Family:	Artemiidae
Genus:	Artemia
Species:	A. monica
Binomial name
Artemia monica Verrill, 1869

Artemia monica, the Mono Lake brine shrimp, is a species of brine shrimp, endemic to Mono Lake in California, United States.

It is a sibling species of A. franciscana , which is widespread in the Americas and also has been introduced elsewhere. The two are closely related, but completely prevented from interbreeding as they have different water requirements. ^[2]

References

1. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Artemia monica". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 1996 e.T2117A9254479. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T2117A9254479.en . Retrieved 2 September 2023.
2. 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.