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Checklist for Family Euphausiidae Milne-Edwards, 1837
and region Southern Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
333
1353
3152
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
330
1350
3144
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Eucarida
Calman, 1904
126
588
1419
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Euphausiacea
Dana, 1852
Euphausiaceans, Euphausiid shrimps, Krill
2
9
22
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyEuphausiidae
Milne-Edwards, 1837
8
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Southern Africa
8 Genera with 21 Species
Euphausia Dana, 190510SpeciesTaxom
Meganyctiphanes Holt & W.M. ..., 18561SpeciesTaxom
Nematobrachion Calman, 19051SpeciesTaxom
Nematoscelis G. O. Sars, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Nyctiphanes G. O. Sars, 19112SpeciesTaxom
Stylocheiron G. O. Sars, 19084SpeciesTaxom
Thysanoessa Brandt, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Thysanopoda Latreille, 18851SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern Africa
21 Species
Euphausia crystallorophias Holt & Tatte..., 1906Antarctic coastal krill
Euphausia gibboides Ortmann, 1893Coolwort
Euphausia hanseni Zimmer, 1915Southeastern Spinyleg
Euphausia krohnii Brandt, 1851
Euphausia longirostris Hansen, 1908
Euphausia lucens Hansen, 1905California laurel
Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911North Pacific krill
Euphausia recurva Hansen, 1905California laurel
Euphausia similis G.O. Sars, 1885
Euphausia tenera Hansen, 1905California laurel
Meganyctiphanes norvegica M.Sars, 1856Atlantic Krill
Nematobrachion boopis Calman, 1905Eastern Ringtail
Nematoscelis megalops G.O. Sars, 1883
Nyctiphanes australis G. O. Sars, 1883Australian Krill
Nyctiphanes capensis Hansen, 1911
Stylocheiron affine Hansen, 1910Holio
Stylocheiron elongatum G.O. Sars, 1883
Stylocheiron longicorne G.O. Sars, 1883
Stylocheiron maximum Hansen, 1908
Thysanoessa gregaria G.O. Sars, 1883
Thysanopoda microphthalma G.O. Sars, 1885


Links, sources and further information
Euphausiidae at artfakta.se
Euphausiidae at biodiversity.org.au
Euphausiidae at dyntaxa.se
Euphausiidae at gbif.org
Euphausiidae at irmng.org
Euphausiidae at itis.gov
Euphausiidae at marinespecies.org