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2006-11-23 06:26:46 · 8 answers · asked by ha! 2 in Science & Mathematics Zoology

What is a sea monkey?

2006-11-23 06:59:55 · update #1

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Sea-Monkey is a brand name of a hybrid of Artemia salina, a species of brine shrimp. These are a type of fairy shrimp—not true shrimp, but a branchiopod. The term Sea-Monkeys (sometimes unhyphenated) is a trademark used to sell them as a novelty gift. They originate in salt lakes and salt evaporation flats.

Sea-Monkeys can reproduce both sexually (requiring a male and a female) and asexually. When the eggs are laid, there are fewer males than females per "litter". This is probably because they are not needed for reproduction. Females stop reproducing with the males when the males are too few.

Sea-Monkeys have been cited in studies of DNA and sexual behavior, primarily because they are commonly available specimens.

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2006-11-24 00:11:51 · answer #1 · answered by catzpaw 6 · 1 0

Sea-Monkey is a brand name of a hybrid of Artemia salina, a species of brine shrimp. These are a type of fairy shrimp—not true shrimp, but a branchiopod. The term Sea-Monkeys (sometimes unhyphenated) is a trademark used to sell them as a novelty gift. They originate in salt lakes and salt evaporation flats.

2006-11-23 14:34:35 · answer #2 · answered by Michael 4 · 0 0

Sea-Monkey is a brand name of a hybrid of Artemia salina, a species of brine shrimp. These are a type of fairy shrimp—not true shrimp, but a branchiopod. The term Sea-Monkeys (sometimes unhyphenated) is a trademark used to sell them as a novelty gift. They originate in salt lakes and salt evaporation flats.

2006-11-23 14:29:36 · answer #3 · answered by william g 3 · 0 0

A sea monkey is a brine shrimp.

2006-11-23 14:28:48 · answer #4 · answered by FRANKFUSS 6 · 0 0

a monkey that lives near the sea

2006-11-23 14:28:59 · answer #5 · answered by koolguy 2 · 0 0

Sea-Monkeys® are a unique species of brine shrimp, known by the scientific name of Artemia NYOS.

2006-11-23 14:29:25 · answer #6 · answered by Bob 3 · 0 0

Sea monkies are just shrimp but smaller

2006-11-23 14:29:24 · answer #7 · answered by DaYoungH-B 2 · 0 0

brine shrimp

2006-11-23 14:30:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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