Malacostraca | 
Euphausiacea | 
Euphausiidae
			
			
			
				Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range				
				
					Ecology				
				
			
			
				Pelagic; depth range 0 - 1000 m (Ref. 118313).  Tropical			
			
			
				
			
			
			
				Arctic, Indo-Pacific and the Atlantic.
			
			
			
			
			
				Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age
			
			
				Maturity: Lm ?, range 1 - ? cm Max length : 2.4 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 3439); 3 cm TL (female)			
			
			
						
			
			
			
			
				
					Exhibits mainly carnivorous feeding habit, with trophic level (=3,2) based on δ15N values (Ref. 118314).				
			
			
			
			
			
				Life cycle and mating behavior				
					Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae				
			
			
				
									
			
			
			
			
			
				Boden, B.P., M.W. Johnson and E. Brinton 1955 The Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the north Pacific. No. 796, 6(8):287-400. In Zobell, C.E., Arthur, R.S., Fox, D.L. (eds.), Contribution from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography of the University of California. University of California Press. California. (Ref. 3439)
			
			
			
			
			
			
			
					
						IUCN Red List Status    
						 (Ref. 130435: Version 2025-1)
					
					
					
				
			
			
			
			
				CITES status   (Ref. 108899)
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
			
				
					Not Evaluated				
			
			
			
			
			
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					Resilience  				
				
				
					High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.31-0.72).				
			
			
						
							
				
					
						Fishing Vulnerability  					
					
					
						Low vulnerability (25 of 100).					
				
						
						
			
									
						Price category  					
					
					Unknown.