Sea-Monkeys are 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..
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