World Register of Deep-Sea species

Deep-Sea taxon details

Euphausiacea

AphiaID

1128 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1128)

Classification

Authority

Dana, 1852

Status

accepted

Rank

Order

Parent

Eucarida

Direct children (2)

Ordering

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Family Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917
Family Euphausiidae Dana, 1850

Environment

marine

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Siegel, V.; De Grave, S. (Ed) (2025). World Euphausiacea Database. Euphausiacea. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://marinespecies.org/DeepSea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1128 on 2026-07-02

Thematic species database citation

Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Euphausiacea. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/Deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1128 on 2026-07-02

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

db_admin

2005-05-02 12:40:44Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2018-12-03 11:52:55Z

checked

Siegel, Volker

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basis of record Brusca, R.C.; Brusca, G.J. (1990). Invertebrates. Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA (USA). ISBN 0-87893-098-1. 922 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

Definitions

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Language	Name
English	krill and allieskrilleuphausiaceans	[details]
German	LeuchtkrebseKrill	[details]
Japanese	オキアミ	[details]
Swedish	lysräkorkrill	[details]

To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Euphausiacea)
To Genbank
To The Arctic Traits Database (4 traits)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034788)
To ITIS

Unreviewed

To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 034788)

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