Euphausia
| Euphausia | |
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| Euphausia superba | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Euphausiidae |
| Genus: | Euphausia Dana, 1850 |
| Type species | |
| Euphausia superba Dana, 1850
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Euphausia is the largest genus of krill, 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]
- Hansen, 1911
- Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia crystallorophias Holt & Tattersall, 1906
- Ortmann, 1894
- Hansen, 1908
- Hansen, 1911
- Hansen, 1916
- Hansen, 1911
- G. O. Sars, 1883
- Ortmann, 1893
- Zimmer, 1915
- Hansen, 1910
- (Brandt, 1851)
- Hansen, 1911
- Hansen, 1908
- Hansen, 1905
- G. O. Sars, 1883
- Hansen, 1905
- Brinton, 1962
- Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911
- Hansen, 1910
- Ortmann, 1893
- Hansen, 1905
- Torelli, 1934
- Hansen, 1908
- G. O. Sars, 1885
- G. O. Sars, 1885
- Euphausia superba Dana, 1850
- Hansen, 1905
- Holt & Tattersall, 1906
- Stebbing, 1900
References[]
- ^ Volker Siegel (2011). V. Siegel (ed.). "Euphausia Dana, 1850". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved October 3, 2011.
External links[]
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- Krill
- Crustacean genera
- Taxa named by James Dwight Dana
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