Biology:Nyctiphanes

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Short description: Genus of krill


Nyctiphanes
Nyctiphanes australis.jpg
Nyctiphanes australis
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Euphausiidae
Genus: Nyctiphanes
G. O. Sars, 1883
Species [1]
  • Nyctiphanes australis G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Nyctiphanes capensis Hansen, 1911
  • Nyctiphanes couchii (Bell, 1853)
  • Nyctiphanes simplex Hansen, 1911

Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution.[2] Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.[2]

References

  1. Volker Siegel (2011). "Nyctiphanes Sars, 1883". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=110677. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 M. Eugenia D'Amato; Gordon W. Harkins; Tulio de Oliveira; Peter R. Teske; Mark J. Gibbons (2008). "Molecular dating and biogeography of the neritic krill Nyctiphanes". Marine Biology 155 (2): 243–247. doi:10.1007/s00227-008-1005-0. http://www.bioafrica.net/manuscripts/AmatoMarineBiology.pdf. 

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