Euphausia pacifica

Euphausia pacifica
A nauplius of Euphausia pacifica hatching from its egg
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Euphausiacea
Family: Euphausiidae
Genus: Euphausia
Species: E. pacifica
Binomial name
Euphausia pacifica
Hansen, 1911 [1]

Euphausia pacifica, the North Pacific krill, is a euphausid that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean.[2]

In Japan, E. pacifica is called isada krill or tsunonashi okiami (ツノナシオキアミ). It is found from Suruga Bay northwards, including all of the Sea of Japan and the south-western part of the Sea of Okhotsk. E. pacifica is fished from Cape Inubo north.[2] The annual catch of krill in Japanese seas is limited to 70,000 metric tonnes by government regulations. E. pacifica is also fished, albeit on a smaller scale, in the waters of British Columbia, Canada.[2]

E. pacifica is a major food item for various fish, including Pacific cod, Alaska pollock, chub mackerel, sand lance, North Pacific hake, Pacific herring, dogfish, sablefish, Pacific halibut, chinook salmon and coho salmon.[2]

Gills


References

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  1. "Euphausia pacifica Hansen, 1911". Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Stephen Nicol & Yoshinari Endo (1997). "North Pacific krill". Krill fisheries of the world. Volume 367 of FAO fisheries technical paper. Food and Agriculture Organization. pp. 17–30. ISBN 978-92-5-104012-6.
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