Taxon data and maps: Euphausia superba
Taxonomy details
Context
- Taxon Id
- 100004
- Common Name
- krill
- Authority
- Dana, 1852
- Naming Status
- Currently accepted name
- Status
- Found in the Antarctica/subantarctic or Southern Ocean
See map of extents - Taxon has been resolved to the rank Species.
Hierarchy
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- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Malacostraca
- Order
- Euphausiacea
- Family
- Euphausiidae
- Genus
- Euphausia
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- Catalogue id
- IA10690
- Caption
- Krill schooling in swarm.
- Photographer
- Oakes, Mathew
Data and maps
Observation / specimen counts
There are 13848 observations / specimens of this taxa in the database from 1926 to 2008.
13848 species distribution records for this taxa are published to GBIF, OBIS
8501 species distribution records are south of 60 deg south.
Habitat domain - Marine
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| AAD Benthic Sampling Database Details | 2 data pts | |
| Historic krill sampling Details | 10,578 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1980/81 V5 FIBEX voyage Details | 107 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1982/83 V2 ADBEX I voyage Details | 46 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1983/84 V5 ADBEX II voyage Details | 8 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1984/85 V5 SIBEX2 voyage Details | 50 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1985/86 V1 ADBEX III voyage Details | 5 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1986/87 V7 AAMBER voyage Details | 28 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1990/91 V6 AAMBER2 voyage Details | 63 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1992/93 V6 KROCK voyage Details | 86 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 1995/96 V4 BROKE voyage Details | 99 data pts | |
| RMT Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Fish Details | 80 data pts | |
| RMT-1 Trawl catch from the 2005/06 V3 BROKE-West voyage - Zooplankton Details | 18 data pts | |
| Southern Ocean Continuous Zooplankton Recorder (SO-CPR) Survey Details | 1,215 data pts | |
Distribution map
Polar projection map of the occurrence records of this taxa.
Warning - Validation efforts are incomplete. There may be a few spurious positions that require editing.