Scientific name Nyctiphanes Rank Genus | Subphylum Crustacea Family Euphausiidae Order Krill | |
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Similar Krill, Stylocheiron, Bentheuphausia, Thysanoessa, Northern krill | ||
Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.
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