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

Euphausia americana Hansen, 1911

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Euphausia*	Dana, 1850	accepted genus name

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	NODC (1997). NODC Taxonomic codes
additional source	Mauchline, J. and Fisher, L.R. (1969) The Biology of Euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454
additional source	Baker AdeC, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. London : Natural History Museum Publications, 1989
additional source	Brinton E, Ohman MD, Townsend AW, Knight MD, Bridgeman AL (2000) Euphausiids of the world ocean. ETI World Biodiversity database CD ROM Series. Springer Publ. Heidelberg
additional source	Castellanos, I. A. and E. Suárez-Morales. 2009. Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 1013–1018 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.

Genbank

Taxonomy

WoRMS

External Links

USNM Invertebrate Zoology Euphausid Collection
Barcode of Life (4 barcodes)
Biodiversity Heritage Library (12 publications)
GenBank (1 nucleotides; 1 proteins)
GBIF

Citation

Siegel, V. (2014). Euphausia americana Hansen, 1911. 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:110682