- only
species recognised in the
genus Meganyctiphanes.
Volker Siegel (2011).
Volker Siegel (ed.). "
Meganyctiphanes Holt & Tattersall, 1905".
World Euphausiacea...
- (Euphausia superba),
Pacific krill (E. pacifica) and
Northern krill (
Meganyctiphanes norvegica). As of 2013[update], the
order Euphausiacea is believed...
-
animal a "devil-like" silhouette. It
mostly eats
euphausiid shrimp (
Meganyctiphanes norvegica) and
small mesopelagic and
clupeid fishes. The
devil fish...
-
Eucarida Meganyctiphanes norvegica,
northern krill Scientific classification Domain:
Eukaryota Kingdom:
Animalia Phylum:
Arthropoda class: Malacostraca...
-
millimetres (0.79 in), peridinians,
molluscan larvae, fish eggs,
krill like
Meganyctiphanes norvegica, mysids,
small fishes,
menhaden larvae, pteropods, annelids...
-
smaller fishes, pteropods, annelids, Cal**** spp., Centropagidae, and
Meganyctiphanes norvegica. Herrings,
along with
Atlantic cod and sprat, are the most...
-
superba lives only in the
Southern Ocean. In the
North Atlantic,
Meganyctiphanes norvegica and in the Pacific,
Euphausia pacifica are the
dominant species...
- simplex. In the
North Atlantic, they prey on
euphausiids in the
genera Meganyctiphanes,
Thysanoessa and
Nyctiphanes and
small schooling fish (e.g. the genera...
-
small crustaceans that come
within reach such as the
northern krill (
Meganyctiphanes norvegica). The arms are
covered in tiny
hooks and
spines which hold...
- up to the
surface at
night to feed. For example, the
northern krill Meganyctiphanes norvegica undergoes diel
vertical migration to
avoid planktivorous...
