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Euphausia superba Dana, 1850

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Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Arthropoda
class
Malacostraca
order
Euphausiacea
family
Euphausiidae
genus
Euphausia
species
Euphausia superba

Name

Synonyms
Euphasia superba Dana, 1852
Euphausia antarctica Sars, 1883
Euphausia australis
Euphausia glacialis
Euphausia murrayi Sars, 1883
Homonyms
Euphausia superba Dana, 1850
Common names
Antarctic Krill in English
Antarctic krill in English
Antarctisch krill in Dutch
Antarktischer Krill in German
krill antarctique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Baker AdeC, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. London : Natural History Museum Publications, 1989
  2. Boltovskoy D. (Ed.). (1999). South Atlantic Zooplankton 2 vol. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden. 1706 pp.
  3. Brinton E, Ohman MD, Townsend AW, Knight MD, Bridgeman AL (2000) Euphausiids of the world ocean. ETI World Biodiversity database CD ROM Series. Springer Publ. Heidelberg
  4. Brinton, Edward / Brinton, Edward, William A. Newman, and Nance F. North, eds., 1975: Euphausiids of Southeast Asian waters. Naga Report, vol. 4, pt. 5. 287.
  5. Fisher W. & Hureau J-C. (1985). FAO species identification sheets for fishery purposes. Southern Ocean (Fishing areas 48,58 and 88) (CCAMLR Convention Area). FAO, Rome, 233-471.
  6. John D.D. (1937). The Southern species of the genus Euphausia. Discovery Reports, 14, 195-321.
  7. Lomakina, N. B., 1978: Euphausiids of the world ocean (Euphausiacea). Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, vol. 118. 222.
  8. Mackintosh, N. A. (1973). "Distribution of post-larval krill in the Antarctic." Discovery Reports 36: 95-156.
  9. Mauchline, J. and Fisher, L.R. (1969) The Biology of Euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454
  10. Siegel V, De Broyer C, Clarke A, Koubbi P, Pakhomov E, Scott F, Vanden Berghe W and Danis B (Editors). The SCAR-MarBIN Register of Antarctic Marine Species (RAMS): Euphausiacea, [date accessed]. World Wide Web electronic publication.
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