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  • Species Data
    Species: Moina salina
    Class: FC1
    Synonyms: daphnia moina
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    Description: A marine crustacea species with nauplii measuring ~ 300um commonly used in aquaculture. Commonly used as feed for seahorse and ornamental larvae specimens from the family moinidae are extremely tolerant of extreme environments and typically inhabit hyper saline environments.
    Biology: typically 6 instar stages with specimens acheiving maturation through a series of 5 molts with growth period dependent primarily on temperature (~2 days @ 25*C / 11 days @ 10* C) (FAO manual on production use of live food in aquaculture section 6.1). Sexual reproduction is through either cyclical and / or obligate parthenogenesis with primarily female populations. Eggs are produced en masse with a female creating anywhere from two to several hundred. Eggs are released during a molt process. Larvae resemble smaller versions of the adults. Species is capable of maintaining larvae within the brood pouch post embryonic process for release later given certain environmental queues to ensure survival of the larvae. Much like the marine rotifer Brachionus sp. when the population is under stress males will occur to allow for sexual propagation of the species. Post copulatory process during this instance will produce no more than two eggs per female with a larger size than the typical eggs due to the thicker ephippium shell. These "resting" eggs are resistant to dessication and severe temperature much like the resting cysts of other organisms such as rotifers or artemia.
    Data Sheet: http://www.catalogueoflife.org/details/species/id/6981822
    WoRMS: http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxlist&tName=Moina salina
    Classification Request: Click to View Classification Request
  • Report Results
    Species Event Date Breeder Class Type
    Moina salina 06/08/2011 Leahy, Kathy FC1 Culture Establishment
    Moina salina 03/31/2012 Doty, Mike FC1 Culture Establishment
    Moina salina 10/29/2010 Welsh, Jim FC1 Culture Establishment
    Moina salina 07/31/2013 Pechauer, Shannon FC1 Culture Establishment
    Moina salina 6/8/2011 12:00:00 AM Leahy, Kathy FC1 Culture Continuation
    Moina salina 10/29/2010 12:00:00 AM Welsh, Jim FC1 Culture Continuation




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