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Euphausia
Euphausia is the largest genus of krill, and is placed in the family Euphausiidae. There are 31 species known in this genus, including Antarctic krill (Euphausia superba) and ice krill (Euphausia crystallorophias) from the Southern Ocean, and North Pacific krill (Euphausia pacifica) in the Pacific Ocean.
30 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Antarctic Krill
speciesEuphausia superba
North Pacific krill
speciesEuphausia pacifica
ice krill
speciesEuphausia crystallorophias
Euphausia gibboides
speciesEuphausia gibboides
Euphausia krohnii
speciesEuphausia krohnii
Euphausia nana
speciesEuphausia nana
Euphausia recurva
speciesEuphausia recurva
Euphausia vallentini
speciesEuphausia vallentini
Euphausia triacantha
speciesEuphausia triacantha
Euphausia eximia
speciesEuphausia eximia
Euphausia brevis
speciesEuphausia brevis
Euphausia lamelligera
speciesEuphausia lamelligera
Euphausia paragibba
speciesEuphausia paragibba
Euphausia mutica
speciesEuphausia mutica
Planktonic Euphasiid
speciesEuphausia lucens
Euphausia fallax
speciesEuphausia fallax
Euphausia hanseni
speciesEuphausia hanseni
Euphausia sibogae
speciesEuphausia sibogae
Euphausia spinifera
speciesEuphausia spinifera
Euphausia distinguenda
speciesEuphausia distinguenda
Euphausia gibba
speciesEuphausia gibba
Euphausia pseudogibba
speciesEuphausia pseudogibba
Euphausia mucronata
speciesEuphausia mucronata
Euphausia similis
speciesEuphausia similis
Euphausia tenera
speciesEuphausia tenera
Euphausia longirostris
speciesEuphausia longirostris
Euphausia frigida
speciesEuphausia frigida
Euphausia hemigibba
speciesEuphausia hemigibba
Euphausia sanzoi
speciesEuphausia sanzoi
Euphausia americana
speciesEuphausia americana
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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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 195136.