Meganyctiphanes norvegica

Meganyctiphanes norvegica (*)

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Eucarida
Ordo: Euphausiacea
Familia: Euphausiidae
Genus: Meganyctiphanes
Species: M. norvegica
Name

Meganyctiphanes norvegica, M. Sars, 1856
References

Meganyctiphanes norvegica – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names
English: Northern krill
magyar: Északi krill
Türkçe: Kuzey krili

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, seals, 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]

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.