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Euphausia superba   Dana, 1850

Antarctic krill

Native range | All suitable habitat | Point map | Year 2050
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Classification / Names / Names Κοινά ονόματα | Συνώνυμα | Catalog of Fishes (gen., sp.) | ITIS | CoL | WoRMS

> Euphausiacea (Krill) > Euphausiidae ()

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Οικολογία

Πελαγικό(ά); εύρος βάθους 15 - 130 m (Ref. 111951).   Polar, preferred -1°C (Ref. 107945); 46°S - 78°S, 180°W - 180°E

Κατανομή Χώρες | Περιοχές FAO | Οικοσυστήματα | Παρουσίες | Εισαγωγές

Circumpolar in the Southern Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Μέγεθος / Βάρος / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 3.0 cm TL αρσενικό/απροσδιόριστο; (Ref. 101405)

Βιολογία     Γλωσσάρι (π.χ. epibenthic)

Found along most of the Antarctic coastline. Adult krill populations' center of distribution is near the continental shelf break, juveniles are found in inshore waters and the eggs and larvae are found in offshore waters (Ref. 96896).

Main reference Αναφορές | Συντονιστής | Συνεργάτες

Brinton, E. 1962. (Ref. 2864)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)

  Least Concern (LC) ; Date assessed: 12 March 2015

CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Human uses

αλιεία: Εμπορικό(ά)
FAO - αλιεία: landings, species profile | FIRMS (Stock assessments) | FishSource | Η θάλασσα γύρω μας

Εργαλεία

Περισσότερες πληροφορίες

Κοινά ονόματα
Συνώνυμα
Θηρευτές
Αναπαραγωγή
Γεννητική Ωρίμανση
Γεννοβολία
Γονιμότητα
Αβγά
Egg development
Age/Size
Αύξηση
Length-weight
Length-length
Μορφολογία
Προνύμφες
Αφθονία

Διαδικτυακές πηγές

BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(αλιεία: species profile; publication : search) | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Δέντρο Ζωής | Wikipedia (Go, αναζήτηση) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Preferred temperature (Ref. 115969): -1.5 - 1.6, mean 0.2 (based on 535 cells).
Ελαστικότητα (Ref. 69278) Υψηλό, ελάχιστος χρόνος για διπλασιασμό πληθυσμού < 15 μήνες (K=0.43-0.5).
Prior r = 0.51, 95% CL = 0.34 - 0.77, Based on 1 data-limited stock assessment.
Price category (Ref. 80766): High.