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Euphausiacea

order of crustaceans
Taxon taxon Q29498
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Summary

Euphausiacea is a taxon[1]. Euphausiacea ranks in the top 0.29% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (9,108 views/month, #570 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Taxon rank: order[3]
  • Parent taxon: Eucarida[4]
  • Taxon name: Euphausiacea[5]
  • Commons category: Euphausiacea[6]
  • Said to be the same as: krill[7]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Krill[8], Category:Euphausiacea[9]
  • Commons gallery: Krill[10]
  • Main food source: phytoplankton[11], zooplankton[12]
  • Taxon common name: Krill[13], kril[14]
  • Different from: krill[15]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[16]
  • Homonymous taxon: Euphausiacea[17]

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Identifiers

Euphausiacea's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 153112[18]. Euphausiacea's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6816[19]. Euphausiacea's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 1278[20]. Euphausiacea's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 868[21]. Euphausiacea's ITIS TSN is recorded as 95496[22].

Why It Matters

Euphausiacea has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[23] Euphausiacea is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[24]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [19] ↑ . Taxonomy database of the U.S. National Center for Biotechnology Information. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [22] ↑ . Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [20] ↑ . Encyclopedia of Life. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  9. [21] ↑ . Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  10. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [13] ↑ . Nederlands Soortenregister. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  16. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [23] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [24] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 20w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Main food source → phytoplankton, zooplankton
    Taxon rank → order
    Instance of → —
    Parent taxon → Eucarida
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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