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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.

References

1. Volker Siegel (2011). Siegel V (ed.). "Nyctiphanes Sars, 1883". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
2. ^ M. Eugenia D'Amato; Gordon W. Harkins; Tulio de Oliveira; Peter R. Teske; Mark J. Gibbons (2008). "Molecular dating and biogeography of the neritic krill Nyctiphanes" (PDF). Marine Biology. 155 (2): 243–247. doi:10.1007/s00227-008-1005-0. S2CID 17750015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-01-26.

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