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

Euphausiacea Dana, 1852

Rank: Order
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917
Euphausiidae Dana, 1852

Vernaculars (+) (-)

 English: krill
 English-United States: krill sources: Charles Hussey
 Swedish: lysräkor; lysräkor, krill

Literature

basis of record

Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 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). vii, 123 pp.

External Links

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Citation

WoRMS (2014). Euphausiacea. 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:1128

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Occurrence

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Environment


marine

Importance

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Last modified

2005-05-02 by Daphne Cuvelier

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