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

Euphausiidae Dana, 1852

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Euphausia Dana, 1850
Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905
Nematobrachion Calman, 1905
Nematoscelis G.O. Sars, 1883
Nyctiphanes Sars, 1883
Stylocheiron G.O. Sars, 1883
Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851
Thysanopoda Milne-Edwards, 1830

Literature

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	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). vii, 123 pp.
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.

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Citation

Siegel, V. (2014). Euphausiidae Dana, 1852. In: Siegel, V. (Ed) (2014). World Euphausiacea database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2014) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:110671