| 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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