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how to distinguish a male brine shrimp from a female one
« on: December 20, 2009, 11:42:56 PM »
this is my email address,gracyjan_69@yahoo.com
could you help me please about my problem?
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Re: how to distinguish a male brine shrimp from a female one
« Reply #1 on: December 21, 2009, 05:17:10 AM »
I don't know how to tell may I ask why you need to know this?
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Re: how to distinguish a male brine shrimp from a female one
« Reply #2 on: December 30, 2009, 06:49:09 AM »
Babies or adults?  babies i have no clue, but adults the females usually have a whitish sac just above the tail area and I think the males are usually bigger
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Re: how to distinguish a male brine shrimp from a female one
« Reply #3 on: February 19, 2010, 04:57:29 PM »
You cannot sex baby brine shrimp or juveniles because their gonads have not developed. Adult females have 2 egg sacks on their trailing end near their tail. Males have 2 longer clasper "arms" on their head to grab the female.

Here's a closeup of a male head:


Here's a female, the one on the top:


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