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Krill

Krill (Euphausiids) (sing.: krill) are small and exclusively marine crustaceans of the order Euphausiacea, found in all of the world's oceans. The name "krill" comes from the Norwegian word krill, meaning "small fry of fish", which is also often attributed to species of fish.

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Krill

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Triples162
Avg. degree1.99
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related to history · 22
Krill → After, Antarctic, Antarctic Marine Living Resources, By, CCAMLR, Commission, Conservation, Convention, During, Each, Historically, In, Japan, Large-scale, October, Russia, Smaller, Southern Ocean, Soviet Union, The
related to Phylogeny · 19
Krill → As, Decapoda, Eucarida, Euphausiacea, Henri Milne-Edwards, Isabella Gordon, It, Johan Erik Vesti Boas, Later, Mysidacea, Penaeidae, Peracarida, Robert Gurney, Schizopoda, Since, The, There, Thysanopode, William Thomas Calman
related to Taxonomy · 13
Krill → Amphionidacea, Bentheuphausia, Bentheuphausiidae, Crustacea, Decapoda, Eucarida, Euphausia, Euphausiacea, Euphausiidae, It, Malacostraca, Of, The
related to Timeline · 12
Krill → Aeschronectida, All, Anthracophausia, Bentheuphausia, Crangopsis, Euphausiacea, Euphausiidae, Hoplocarida, Lower Cretaceous, No, Palaeomysis, Some
related to Moulting · 11
Krill → Antarctic, For, Meganyctiphanes, Moulting, North Sea, Nyctiphanes, Pacific Ocean, Shrinkage, Similar, The, Young
related to Vertical migration · 11
Krill → Antarctic, As, Euphausia, It, Pseudeuphausia, Sated, Some, Swimming, The, Thysanoessa, Vertical
related to Distribution · 9
Krill → Atlantic, Bentheuphausia, Euphausia, Mediterranean Sea, Northern, Pacific, Species, The Pacific, Thysanoessa
related to Reproduction · 9
Krill → Bentheuphausia, During, Euphausia, Meganyctiphanes, Nematoscelis, The, These, Thysanoessa, Thysanopoda
related to Human consumption · 8
Krill → Although, Antarctic, China, For, Korea, Major, Norway, Republic
related to Swarming · 7
Krill → Alavi, For Euphausia, Gandomi, In, Most, Swarming, The

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species also euphausia antarctic food ocean order animals one thysanoessa many bentheuphausia euphausiacea 000 fish southern nyctiphanes superba larger several

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Krillis aimportant species in the context of biogeochemical cycling and in the Antarctic food web0.90text
Krillis arich source of protein and omega-3 fatty acids which are under development in the early 21st century as human food0.90text
Bentheuphausia amblyops in krillinstance ofpossibly due to the paucity of key rare species0.80text
Amphionides reynaudii in Eucaridainstance ofpossibly due to the paucity of key rare species0.80text
Anthracophausiainstance ofSome extinct eumalacostracan taxa have been thought to be euphausiaceans0.80text
Crangopsisinstance ofSome extinct eumalacostracan taxa have been thought to be euphausiaceans0.80text
true shrimp by their externally visible gills.Except for Bentheuphausia amblyopsinstance ofKrill can be easily distinguished from other crustaceans0.80text
krill are bioluminescent animals having organs called photophores that can emit lightinstance ofKrill can be easily distinguished from other crustaceans0.80text
latitudeinstance ofsubject to many external factors0.80text
water temperatureinstance ofsubject to many external factors0.80text
and food availabilityinstance ofsubject to many external factors0.80text
E. superba means around 0.8 m/sinstance ofwhich for large krill0.80text

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