sea monkey

sea monkey
sea monkey (n.) 1909 as a heraldic animal, 1964 as a U.S. proprietary name for brine shrimp (Artemia salina), which had been used as food for aquarium fish till they began to be marketed as pets by U.S. inventor Harold von Braunhut (d.2003), who also invented "X-Ray Specs" and popularized pet hermit crabs. He began marketing them in comic book advertisements in 1960 as "Instant Life," and changed the name to Sea Monkeys in 1964, so called for their long tails.

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  • Sea-Monkey — Der Begriff Sea Monkey bezeichnet eine Zuchtlinie aus der Art Salinenkrebs mit lateinischem Namen Artemia nyos eine Real Fernsehserie (1992) mit dem vollem Namen The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys ein Computerspiel mit dem vollem Namen The Amazing… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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  • sea monkey — noun Date: 1973 a brine shrimp (Artemia salina) that hatches from dormant encysted eggs and is sometimes raised in aquariums …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • sea monkey — /ˈsi mʌŋki/ (say see mungkee) noun a hybrid form of a species of brine shrimp, Artemia salina, which enters into a natural state of suspended animation, numbers of such creatures appearing to be a dry powder which, when put into water, produces… …  

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  • Sea-Monkeys — are a trademark given to sell a variant of brine shrimp or Artemia salina , now called Artemia salina x nyos that originate in salt lakes and evaporation flats and are members of the phylum Arthropoda [cite web… …   Wikipedia

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