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MeSH Heading: Artemia
Tree Number(s): B01.050.500.131.365.060.050
Unique ID: D001156
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001156
Annotation: note entry term BRINE SHRIMP: several other shrimp terms are available; check text and MeSH; unspecified shrimp as food is probably PENAEIDAE
Scope Note: A genus of CRUSTACEA of the order ANOSTRACA, found in briny pools and lakes and often cultured for fish food. It has 168 chromosomes and differs from most crustaceans in that its blood contains hemoglobin.
Entry Term(s): Brine Shrimp; Shrimp, Brine
Previous Indexing: Crustacea (1966-1978); Shrimp (1972-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 79
History Note: 79
Date Established: 1979/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/03/20
Revision Date: 2020/08/13

Allowable Qualifiers: anatomy & histology (AH)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

embryology (EM)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

growth & development (GD)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathogenicity (PY)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Artemia MeSH Descriptor Data 2024