euphausiacea

Noun
  1. Small commonly luminescent crustaceans;
    Important element of marine plankton: krill (synset 101991122)
    is a type of: animal order - the order of animals
    member holonym:
    • krill - shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans; major source of food for e.g. baleen whales
    • euphausia pacifica - food for jellyfish
    belongs to: malacostraca, subclass malacostraca - largest subclass of Crustacea including most of the well-known marine, freshwater, and terrestrial crustaceans: crabs; lobsters; shrimps; sow bugs; beach flies
    same as: order euphausiacea

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