Anthony immigrated to America from Italy at the age of 17 speaking only Italian. Upon arrival, he worked hard, earned a GED, bachelor's, master's, a doctorate from New York University, and Professorship at St. John’s University.[4] He represented St. John’s University at the New York Ocean Science Laboratory in 1970. The United Nations commissioned him to investigate the cultivation of brine shrimp from 1972 to 1973. At New York Ocean Science Laboratory, he worked for Harold von Braunhut, the creator and inventor of the Amazing Live Sea-Monkeys scientific toy. Anthony developed a new breed of brine shrimp and Harold named it Artemia NYOS. Lucia Peter points out in her article that Artemia NYOS doesn’t appear to be recognized as a new species by the scientific community as the name implies. [5] Dr. Anthony D’Agostino’s produced an improved breed of Artemia Salina, a quality growth mixture for them, and thus saved Howard’s business.
[4] https://www.easthamptonstar.com/archive/anthony-dagostino-marine-biologist
[5] https://www.mindbounce.com/443935/what-the-heck-are-sea-monkeys-really/