Stylocheiron [Stylocheiron]
Description
Stylocheiron is a genus of slender, elongated krill found in warm oceanic waters around the globe. They have a distinctive appearance, with long, stylized appendages, and are an important part of the mid-water oceanic food web, serving as prey for a variety of fish and marine mammals.
Species
Long-legged Shrimp [Stylocheiron affine]
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Big-eyed Shrimp [Stylocheiron carinatum]
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Sawtooth Shrimp [Stylocheiron longicorne]
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Double-saw Shrimp [Stylocheiron maximum]
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Short-legged Shrimp [Stylocheiron abbreviatum]
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Sickle Shrimp [Stylocheiron suhmi]
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| Phylum |
Arthropods
Arthropoda
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|---|---|
| Class |
Crustaceans
Malacostraca
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| Order |
Euphausiids
Euphausiacea
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| Family |
Krill
Euphausiidae
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Statistics
- Species 6