Nyctiphanes: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Euphausiacea
- Family
- Euphausiidae
- Genus
- Nyctiphanes
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Nyctiphanes
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nyctiphanes
Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.
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