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Genus of krill

Euphausia

Euphausia superba
Scientific 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 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.

Species

Euphausia americana Hansen, 1911
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

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

External links

Media related to Euphausia at Wikimedia Commons

Taxon identifiers
Euphausia	Wikidata: Q992619 Wikispecies: Euphausia AFD: Euphausia BioLib: 32864 BOLD: 5709 CoL: 87FZ9 EoL: 64587 GBIF: 2228004 iNaturalist: 195136 IRMNG: 1297923 ITIS: 95501 NCBI: 6818 NZOR: ef299bc0-7c5d-4d62-9af5-039cfc08a9b3 Open Tree of Life: 411349 WoRMS: 110673

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