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Euphausia
Euphausia superba
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Euphausiidae
Genus: Euphausia
Dana, 1850
Type species
Euphausia superba

Dana, 1850

Euphausia is the largest genusofkrill, and is placed in the family Euphausiidae. There are 31 species known in this genus, including Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and ice krill (Euphausia crystallorophias) from the Southern Ocean, and North Pacific krill (Euphausia pacifica) in the Pacific Ocean.[1]

Species[edit]

  • Euphausia brevis Hansen, 1905
  • Euphausia crystallorophias Holt & Tattersall, 1906
  • Euphausia diomedeae Ortmann, 1894
  • Euphausia distinguenda Hansen, 1908
  • Euphausia eximia Hansen, 1911
  • Euphausia fallax Hansen, 1916
  • Euphausia frigida Hansen, 1911
  • Euphausia gibba G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Euphausia gibboides Ortmann, 1893
  • Euphausia hanseni Zimmer, 1915
  • Euphausia hemigibba Hansen, 1910
  • Euphausia krohnii (Brandt, 1851)
  • Euphausia lamelligera Hansen, 1911
  • Euphausia longirostris Hansen, 1908
  • Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905
  • Euphausia mucronata G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Euphausia mutica Hansen, 1905
  • Euphausia nana Brinton, 1962
  • Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911
  • Euphausia paragibba Hansen, 1910
  • Euphausia pseudogibba Ortmann, 1893
  • Euphausia recurva Hansen, 1905
  • Euphausia sanzoi Torelli, 1934
  • Euphausia sibogae Hansen, 1908
  • Euphausia similis G. O. Sars, 1885
  • Euphausia spinifera G. O. Sars, 1885
  • Euphausia superba Dana, 1850
  • Euphausia tenera Hansen, 1905
  • Euphausia triacantha Holt & Tattersall, 1906
  • Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, 1900
  • Euphausia gracilis Dana, 1850
  • Euphausia splendens Dana, 1850
  • Euphausia pellucida Dana, 1850

    • References[edit]

    1. ^ Volker Siegel (2011). V. Siegel (ed.). "Euphausia Dana, 1850". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 3, 2011.

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