[3] A. parthenogenetica is an obligate parthenogenetic organism that is found in Europe, Africa, and Asia, from the Canary Islands in the far west of its known range, east to Australia.

In inland Australia, genetic information indicates that populations have been introduced by migratory birds.

[5] As A. parthenogenetica can more favorably survive in high salinities, when large bodies of water dry out, the introductions of cysts by migrating birds from coastal regions may allow populations to become established, as happened in the South Aral Sea in the late 1990s.

[6] A. parthenogenetica, as its specific name suggests, is an obligate parthenogenetic organism, one that reproduces without sexual reproduction.

Like other brine shrimp, A. parthenogenetica produces cysts that are highly resistant to environmental changes, including large changes in temperature and salinity, and the stress of drying out and exposure to UV radiation.