Northern krill
Northern krill, Meganyctiphanes norvegica, is a species of krill that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is an important component of the zooplankton, providing food for whales, fish and birds. (In the Southern Ocean, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba fills a similar role.) M. norvegica is the only species recognised in the genus Meganyctiphanes,[1] although it has been known by several synonyms:
- Euphausia intermedia
- Euphausia lanei Holt & Tattersall, 1905
- Meganyctiphanes calmani
- Nyctiphanes norvegicus G. O. Sars, 1883
- Thysanopoda norvegica
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Euphausiidae |
| Genus: | Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905 |
| Species: | M. norvegica |
| Binomial name | |
| Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857) | |
References
- Volker Siegel (2011). Volker Siegel (ed.). "Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 26, 2011.
External links
- "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Macrobenthos of the North Sea: Crustacea. Universiteit van Amsterdam.
- "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Euphausiids of the World. Marine Species Identification Portal.
- Alexei Pinchuk & Russ Hopcroft (September 3, 2010). "Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)". Arctic Ocean Diversity.
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