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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
Antarctische krillgarnaal in Dutch
Antarktischer Krill in German
Antarktisk lyskrebs in Danish
Krill in Danish
Krill antarctique in French
Krill antartico in Italian
Krill antartico in Spanish
Krill do Antárctico in Portuguese
Antarctic krill in English
Antarctisch krill in Dutch
Antarktischer Krill in German
krill antarctique in French

Bibliographic References

  1. Anon. (1993) Multilingual Illustrated Dictionary of Aquatic Animals and Plants: Fishing New Books and the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities
  2. Antezana, T., N. Aguirre and R. Bustamante, 1976. Nuevo limite septentrional para el krill Antarctico [i]Euphausia superba[/i] Dana, en el Pacifico (Crustacea, zooplankton). Series Cientifico Instituto Antarctico Chileno 4: 47-51.[/p]
  3. Baker AdeC, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. London : Natural History Museum Publications, 1989
  4. Baker, A. de C., B. P. Boden and E. Brinton, 1990. A practical guide to the euphausiids of the world. British Museum (Natural History), London. 96 pp.[/p]
  5. Bargmann, H. E., 1937. The reproductive system of [i]Euphausia superba .[/i] "Discovery" Reports 14: 325-50.[/p]
  6. Boltovskoy D. (Ed.). (1999). South Atlantic Zooplankton 2 vol. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden. 1706 pp.
  7. 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
  8. 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.
  9. Dana, J. D., 1850. Synopsis generum crustaceorum ordinis "Schizopoda". American Journal of Science (and Arts) 9: 129-133.[/p]
  10. 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.
  11. Guglielmo, L. and G. Costanzo, 1978. Diagnostic value of the thelycum in euphausiids. II. Oceanic species. Genus [i]Euphausia[/i] Dana, 1852. Archivio di Oceanografia e Limnologia 19: 143-155.[/p]
  12. Hamner, W. M., 1984. Aspects of schooling in [i]Euphausia superba[/i] . Journal of Crustacean Biology 4: 67-74.[/p]
  13. Hansen, H. J., 1913. Report on the Crustacea Schizopoda collected by the Swedish Antarctic Expedition 1901-1903. Copenhagen: 1-56.[/p]
  14. John D.D. (1937). The Southern species of the genus Euphausia. Discovery Reports, 14, 195-321.
  15. John, D. D., 1936. The southern species of the genus [i]Euphausia[/i] . "Discovery" Reports 14: 193-324.[/p]
  16. Lomakina, N. B., 1972. Phylogenetic relationship of the [i]Euphausia[/i] species (Euphausiacea) of the South Ocean. Zoologischeskii Zhurnal, Moscow 51: 812-820.[/p]
  17. Lomakina, N. B., 1978: Euphausiids of the world ocean (Euphausiacea). Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, vol. 118. 222.
  18. Mackintosh, N. A. (1973). "Distribution of post-larval krill in the Antarctic." Discovery Reports 36: 95-156.
  19. Marr, J. W. S., 1962. The natural history and geography of the Antarctic krill ([i]Euphausia superba[/i] Dana). "Discovery" Reports 32: 33-464.[/p]
  20. Mauchline, J. and L. R. Fisher, 1969. The biology of euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454.[/p]
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