NOUN | animal | Euphausiacea, order Euphausiacea | small commonly luminescent crustaceans |
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Meaning | small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill. | |
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Synonym | order Euphausiacea | |
Member of | Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca | largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial / terrestrial crustaceans |
Members | Euphausia pacifica | Food for jellyfish |
krill | Shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans | |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
Spanish | eufausiáceos | |
Catalan | eufausiacis, Euphausiacea, Krill |
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