Species under Euphausia
n= 31
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Euphausia americana
Hansen, 1911
Cosmopolitan
Euphausia brevis
Hansen, 1905
Pacific Ocean and Western Central Atlantic 1
Euphausia crystallorophias
Holt & Tattersall, 1906
Ice krill Circum-Antarctic 4.15
Euphausia diomedeae
Ortmann, 1894
Indo-Pacific 1.75
Euphausia distinguenda
Hansen, 1911
Pacific Ocean 0.85
Euphausia eximia
Hansen, 1911
Eastern Pacific 2
Euphausia fallax
Hansen, 1916
Western Central Pacific
Euphausia frigida
Hansen, 1911
Pygmy krill Southwest Atlantic and Antarctic Atlantic 2.65
Euphausia gibba
Ortmann, 1893
Southern Pacific
Euphausia gibboides
Ortmann, 1893
Cosmopolitan 2.2
Euphausia hanseni
Zimmer, 1915
Antarctic Ocean
Euphausia hemigibba
Hansen, 1910
Cosmopolitan 1.65
Euphausia krohnii
(Brandt, 1851)
Central Atlantic
Euphausia lamelligera
Hansen, 1911
Eastern Pacific 1.1
Euphausia longirostris
Hansen, 1908
Antarctic Atlantic
Euphausia lucens
Hansen, 1905
Antarctic and Southeast Pacific 1.57
Euphausia mucronata
Sars, 1883
Southeast Pacific
Euphausia mutica
Hansen, 1905
Pacific Ocean 1.5
Euphausia nana
Brinton, 1962
Northwest Pacific
Euphausia pacifica
Hansen, 1911
Isada krill Pacific Ocean 2.2
Euphausia paragibba
Ortmann, 1893
Pacific Ocean 1.6
Euphausia pseudogibba
Ortmann, 1893
Indo-Pacific and Atlantic Ocean 1.4
Euphausia recurva
Hansen, 1905
Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic 1.7
Euphausia sanzoi
Torelli, 1934
Indo-West Pacific
Euphausia sibogae
Hansen, 1908
Western Indian Ocean
Euphausia similis
Sars, 1883
Pacific Ocean 2.2
Euphausia spinifera
Sars, 1883
Pacific
Euphausia superba
Dana, 1850
Antarctic krill Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean 3
Euphausia tenera
Hansen, 1905
Cosmopolitan 0.9
Euphausia triacantha
Holt & Tattersall, 1906
Spiny krill Antarctic Ocean 4.15
Euphausia vallentini
Stebbing, 1900
Antarctic and Southeast Pacific
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