| Northern krill | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Euphausiidae |
| Genus: | Meganyctiphanes Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905 |
| Species: | M. norvegica |
| Binomial name | |
| Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1856) |
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Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) is a crustacean that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the zooplankton. It is an euphausiid and a very important component of the plankton of the ocean, food for whales, fish and birds. In the Southern Ocean, Antarctic krill Euphausia superba fills a similar role.
Northern krill is the only species of the genus Meganyctiphanes discovered.
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Meganyctiphanes |
- Meganyctiphanes norvegica (TSN 95533). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
- Northern krill - Meganyctiphanes norvegica
- M. norvegica on ZoopBase.org
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