Nyctiphanes
| Nyctiphanes | |
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| Nyctiphanes australis | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Euphausiidae |
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Nyctiphanes G. O. Sars, 1883 |
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Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.
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