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... > Science Keywords > EARTH SCIENCE > BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION > ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES > ARTHROPODS > CRUSTACEANS > EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL)

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EUPHAUSIIDS (KRILL)  

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  • Order Euphasiacea, commonly referred to as Krill, are small shrimp like crustaceans with a hard exoskeleton divided into cephalon, thorax and abdomen with biramous appendages and a flattened tail fin called a telson

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  • 2017-03-13 14:06:57.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Order Euphasiacea, commonly referred to as Krill, are small shrimp like crustaceans with a hard exoskeleton divided into cephalon, thorax and abdomen with biramous appendages and a flattened tail fin called a telson language code: en);

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