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Euphotic Krill
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Euphotic Krill

Euphausiidae

Krill are small crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, and are found in all the world's oceans. The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning "small fry of fish", which is also often attributed to species of fish.

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10 branches of this family, most-observed first

Euphausia

genusEuphausia

Meganyctiphanes

genusMeganyctiphanes

Thysanoessa

genusThysanoessa

Nyctiphanes

genusNyctiphanes

Hansarsia

genusHansarsia

Thysanopoda

genusThysanopoda

Nematobrachion

genusNematobrachion

Pseudeuphausia

genusPseudeuphausia

Stylocheiron

genusStylocheiron

Tessarabrachion

genusTessarabrachion

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 195134.