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Euphausia with Relationships

Synonyms: Euphasia

Wikipedia Abstract

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.
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Species

Euphausia americana
Euphausia brevis
Euphausia crystallorophias (ice krill)
Euphausia diomedeae (Attributes)
Euphausia distinguenda
Euphausia eximia
Euphausia frigida
Euphausia gibboides
Euphausia hanseni
Euphausia krohnii
Euphausia lamelligera
Euphausia longirostris
Euphausia lucens
Euphausia mucronata (small krill)
Euphausia mutica
Euphausia nana
Euphausia pacifica (Pacific krill) (Attributes)
Euphausia recurva
Euphausia similis
Euphausia spinifera
Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill) (Attributes)
Euphausia triacantha (Attributes)
Euphausia vallentini

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0