Nyctiphanes

Nyctiphanes
Nyctiphanes australis
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Euphausiidae
Genus: Nyctiphanes
G. O. Sars, 1883
Species 
  • Nyctiphanes australis G. O. Sars, 1883
  • Nyctiphanes capensis Hansen, 1911
  • Nyctiphanes couchii (Bell, 1853)
  • Nyctiphanes simplex Hansen, 1911

Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.

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