Bentheuphausia
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Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus,[3] which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae.[4] All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae.
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Bentheuphausia | |
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after Mauchline, 1971; after Sars, 1885 | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Euphausiacea |
Family: | Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917 |
Genus: | Bentheuphausia G. O. Sars, 1885 |
Species: | B. amblyops |
Binomial name | |
Bentheuphausia amblyops (G. O. Sars, 1883) [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Thysanopoda amblyops G. O. Sars, 1883 [2] |
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