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Record 1 2018-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Crustaceans
Universal entry(ies)
Anostraca
Latin
CONT

This order of crustaceans, with the romantic common name fairy shrimp, are easy to distinguish from all other crustaceans because they swim upside down.

OBS

brine shrimp: common name also used to refer to the genus Artemia and to the species Artemia salina.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Crustacés
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Anostraca
Latin
DEF

Ordre de crustacés, de la classe des branchiopodes.

CONT

Les branchiopodes sont des crustacés rassemblant quatre ordres bien distincts morphologiquement : les anostracés, les notostracés, les conchostracés et les cladocères.

Spanish

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