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, 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]

Northern krill
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Euphausiacea
Family:	Euphausiidae
Genus:	Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905
Species:	M. norvegica
Binomial name
Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M. Sars, 1857)
Synonyms
Euphausia intermedia Euphausia lanei Holt & Tattersall, 1905 Meganyctiphanes calmani Nyctiphanes norvegicus G. O. Sars, 1883 Thysanopoda norvegica

References

1. 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.
• Media related to Meganyctiphanes norvegica at Wikimedia Commons