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Northern Krill

Meganyctiphanes norvegica

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Easily confused with

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Alaska.January 92, February 68, March 106, April 167, May 241, June 262, July 281, August 241, September 177, October 132, November 72, December 57.
United States1,992
Alaska1,896
Canada622
Quebec224
New Brunswick223
Newfoundland and Labrador96
Maine80
Nova Scotia64
Massachusetts14
Nunavut10

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
GenusMeganyctiphanes

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