Bentheuphausia
| Bentheuphausia | |
|---|---|
| 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) | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Thysanopoda amblyops G. O. Sars, 1883 | |
Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus, which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae. All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae.
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