order Euphausiacea

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order Euphausiacea - small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill

Euphausiacea

animal order - the order of animals

Malacostraca, subclass Malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies

krill - shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales

Euphausia pacifica - food for jellyfish

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