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North Pacific krill

Euphausia pacifica

Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Washington.January 624, February 547, March 623, April 825, May 1,039, June 794, July 646, August 624, September 639, October 575, November 505, December 578.
United States8,353
Washington8,018
Canada1,417
British Columbia1,417
Alaska230
California104
Oregon1

Counts show where people looked, not only where it lives.

Traits

Physical

  • ExoskeletonHas a hard external skeletonFrom its classification

Classification

KingdomAnimals · Animalia
PhylumArthropods · Arthropoda
ClassMalacostracans · Malacostraca
Orderkrill · Euphausiacea
FamilyEuphotic Krill · Euphausiidae
GenusEuphausia

Sources

Remember the name next time.

Practise North Pacific krill with real photos from different observers. Say the name out loud, and it comes back just before you would forget it.