Brine shrimp Artemia salina mating pair – female left, male right Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Branchiopoda Order: Anostraca Family: Artemiidae Grochowski, 1895 Genus: Artemia Leach, 1819 Species[1] Artemia franciscana Artemia monica Artemia persimilis Artemia salina Artemia sinica Artemia tibetiana Artemia urmiana Parthonogenetic Populations also called Artemia parthenogenetica (disputed)