Organisms

Anostraca

An order of CRUSTACEA comprised of shrimp-like organisms containing body trunks with at least 20 segments. The are commonly used as aquarium food.

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Abstract

An order of CRUSTACEA comprised of shrimp-like organisms containing body trunks with at least 20 segments. The are commonly used as aquarium food.

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Synonyms

5 entry terms
  • Fairy Shrimp
  • Shrimp, Fairy
  • Anostracas
  • Fairy Shrimps
  • Shrimps, Fairy

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18 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings anatomy & histology, chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, embryology, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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Indexing Annotation

note entry term FAIRY SHRIMP: several other shrimp terms are available; check text and MeSH; as animal and food; as food, coord IM with SHELLFISH (IM); unspecified shrimp as food is probably PENAEIDAE

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History Note

2003

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Previous Indexing

  • Crustacea (1968-2002)

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  1. B01w.050w.500w.131w.365w.060w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Anostraca. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D033202. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D033202
  2. Anostraca. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anostraca
  3. Anostraca. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q853383