The genus Euphausia is the largest genus of krill within the family Euphausiidae.
Taxonomy
There are 31 species known in this genus.
- Euphausia americana Hansen, 1911
- Euphausia brevis Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia crystallorophias Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1906 – common name Ice krill; Southern Ocean
- Euphausia diomedeae Ortmann, 1894
- Euphausia distinguenda Hansen, 1908
- Euphausia eximia Hansen, 1911
- Euphausia fallax Hansen, 1916
- Euphausia frigida Hansen, 1911
- Euphausia gibba G. O. Sars, 1883
- Euphausia gibboides Ortmann, 1893
- Euphausia hanseni Zimmer, 1915
- Euphausia hemigibba Hansen, 1910
- Euphausia krohnii (Brandt, 1851), formerly named E. pellucida. The name E. krohnii is in reference to August David Krohn (1804 – 1891), a Russian embryologist and anatomist.
- Euphausia lamelligera Hansen, 1911
- Euphausia longirostris Hansen, 1908
- Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia mucronata G. O. Sars, 1883
- Euphausia mutica Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia nana Brinton, 1962 – Pacific Ocean; Sea of Japan
- Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911 – common name Pacific krill; Pacific Ocean
- Euphausia paragibba Hansen, 1910
- Euphausia pseudogibba Ortmann, 1893
- Euphausia recurva Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia sanzoi Torelli, 1934
- Euphausia sibogae Hansen, 1908
- Euphausia similis G. O. Sars, 1885
- Euphausia spinifera G. O. Sars, 1885
- Euphausia superba Dana, 1852 – common name Antarctic krill; Southern Ocean
- Euphausia tenera Hansen, 1905
- Euphausia triacantha Holt and Tattersall, 1906
- Euphausia vallentini Stebbing, 1900
References
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