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Definition of Euphausiacea
1. Noun. Small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Malacostraca, Subclass Malacostraca
Member holonyms: Krill, Euphausia Pacifica
Lexicographical Neighbors of Euphausiacea
Literary usage of Euphausiacea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The New Zealand Journal of Science (1885)
"He therefore divides the group into two orders,— the Euphausiacea and the
Mysidacea : the former including the primitive unspecialised forms through which ..."
2. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1919)
"1-17, 1 pi. ; Vol. III., pt. 2. " Pterobranchia," by WG Ridewood; 26 pp., 1.
pi.; Vol. V., pt. 5, " Euphausiacea and ..."
3. College zoology by Robert William Hegner (1918)
"Euphausiacea " 9. DECAPODA . . Suborder i. Natantia " 2. Reptantia " io.
STOMATOPODA . Class II. ONYCHOPHORA . Class III. ..."
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