Euphausia
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The genus Euphausia is the largest genus of krill within the family Euphausiidae.

Taxonomy

There are 31 species known in this genus.

• Euphausia americana Hansen, 1911
• Euphausia brevis Hansen, 1905
• Euphausia crystallorophias Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1906 – common name Ice krill; Southern Ocean
• Euphausia diomedeae Ortmann, 1894
• Euphausia distinguenda Hansen, 1908
• Euphausia eximia Hansen, 1911
• Euphausia fallax Hansen, 1916
• Euphausia frigida Hansen, 1911
• Euphausia gibba G. O. Sars, 1883
• Euphausia gibboides Ortmann, 1893
• Euphausia hanseni Zimmer, 1915
• Euphausia hemigibba Hansen, 1910
• Euphausia krohnii (Brandt, 1851), formerly named E. pellucida. The name E. krohnii is in reference to August David Krohn (1804 – 1891), a Russian embryologist and anatomist.
• Euphausia lamelligera Hansen, 1911
• Euphausia longirostris Hansen, 1908
• Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905
• Euphausia mucronata G. O. Sars, 1883
• Euphausia mutica Hansen, 1905
• Euphausia nana Brinton, 1962 – Pacific Ocean; Sea of Japan
• Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911 – common name Pacific krill; Pacific Ocean
• Euphausia paragibba Hansen, 1910
• Euphausia pseudogibba Ortmann, 1893
• Euphausia recurva Hansen, 1905
• Euphausia sanzoi Torelli, 1934
• Euphausia sibogae Hansen, 1908
• Euphausia similis G. O. Sars, 1885
• Euphausia spinifera G. O. Sars, 1885
• Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 – common name Antarctic krill; Southern Ocean
• Euphausia tenera Hansen, 1905
• Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906
• Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, 1900

References

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