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6.9. Southern Ocean Euphausiids
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posted on 2023-05-22, 21:41 authored by Cuzin-Roudy, J, Irisson, J-O, Penot, F, So KawaguchiSo Kawaguchi, Vallet, CWith 85 species, they are the major family of the order Euphausiacea (86 species). Known since ancient times to be present with baleen whales in Atlantic ocean and Mediterranean Sea (Pliny’s Naturalis Historiae, circa AD 77-79), they were named “krill” (whale food) by Nordic whalers.
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Publication title
Biogeographic Atlas of the Southern OceanEditors
C de Broyer and P KoubbiPagination
309-320ISBN
978-0-948277-28-3Department/School
Institute for Marine and Antarctic StudiesPublisher
Scientific Committee on Antarctic ResearchPlace of publication
Cambridge, United KingdomExtent
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