Northern krill
| Northern krill | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Euphausiidae
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| Genus: | Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905 |
| Species: | M. norvegica
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| Binomial name | |
| Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)
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Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) is a
Euphausia superba fills a similar role.) M. norvegica is the only species recognised in the genus Meganyctiphanes.[1]
References
- ^ Volker Siegel (2011). Volker Siegel (ed.). "Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
External links
- "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Euphausiids of the World. Marine Species Identification Portal.
- Alexei Pinchuk & Russ Hopcroft (September 3, 2010). "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Arctic Ocean Diversity.
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