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Euphausia superba   Dana, 1850

Antarctic krill

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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> Euphausiacea (Krill) > Euphausiidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecología

Pelágico; rango de profundidad 15 - 130 m (Ref. 111951).   Polar, preferred -1°C (Ref. 107945); 46°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

Distribución Países | Áreas FAO | Ecosistemas | Ocurrencias, apariciones | Introducciones

Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Tamaño / Peso / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm TL macho / no sexado; (Ref. 101405)

Biología     Glosario (por ej. epibenthic)

Found along most of the Antarctic coastline. Adult krill populations' center of distribution is near the continental shelf break, juveniles are found in inshore waters and the eggs and larvae are found in offshore waters (Ref. 96896).

Main reference Referencias | Coordinador | Colaboradores

Brinton, E. 1962. (Ref. 2864)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

Pesquerías: comercial
FAO - pesquerías: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Sea Around Us

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Fuentes de Internet

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(pesquerías: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Árbol de la vida | Wikipedia (Go, búsqueda) | Expediente Zoológico

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.5 - 1.6, mean 0.2 (based on 535 cells).
Resiliencia (Ref. 69278) Alto, población duplicada en un tiempo mínimo inferior a 15 meses (K=0.43-0.5).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.77, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.