Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Eucarida > Order Euphausiacea

Euphausiidae Dana, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euphausia Dana, 1850
Hansarsia Shaw, 2023
Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905
Nematobrachion Calman, 1905
Nyctiphanes G.O. Sars, 1883
Stylocheiron G.O. Sars, 1883
Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851
Thysanopoda H. Milne Edwards, 1837

Vernaculars (+) (-)

English: euphausiids; krill sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

German: Leuchtkrebse und Krill sources: Cole, T. C. H. (2017). Wörterbuch der Wirbellosen / Dictionary of Invertebrates. Latein-Deutsch-English. 2017. Springer Spektrum: Berlin. ISBN 978-3-662-52869-3. XII, 574 pp.

Japanese: オキアミ sources: Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology. (2009 onwards). Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL). Accessed on 2018-11-21.

Swedish: lysräkor

Literature

original description	Dana, J.D. (1850). Synopsis generum crustaceorum ordinis "Schizopoda". American Journal of Science and Arts, ser. 2. 9: 129-133.
basis of record	van der Land, J. (2001). Euphausiacea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 284
additional source	Mauchline, J. (1984). Euphausiid, stomatopod and leptostracan crustaceans: keys and notes for the identification of the species. Synopses of the British fauna (new series), 30. E.J. Brill; W. Backhuys: London, UK. ISBN 90-04-07471-6. vii, 91 pp.
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.

Genbank

Citation

Siegel, V.; De Grave, S. (Ed) (2025). World Euphausiacea Database. Euphausiidae Dana, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110671