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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 57. Chapters: Crustacean, Branchiopoda, Barnacle, Krill, List of prehistoric malacostracans, Mantis shrimp, Phylogeny of Malacostraca, Thylacocephala, Amphipoda, Crustacean larvae, Leptostraca, Pain in crustaceans, Mysida, Ostracod, Decapoda, Cumacea, Eucarida, Isopoda, Remipedia, Crustacean cardioactive peptide, Maxillopoda, Thermosbaenacea, Tanaidacea, Lophogastrida, Cephalocarida, Eumalacostraca, Mictocaris, Pseudotanais jonesi, Amphionides, Peracarida, Ceratiocaris, Longiflagrum amphibium, Mictacea, Ainiktozoon, Metanauplius, Acadiocaris, Carcinisation, Mysidacea, Telson, Spelaeogriphacea, List of crustaceans of the Indiana Dunes, Hymenocaris, Waterstonella, Syncarida, Gnathophausia zoea, Belotelson, Pygocephalomorpha, Rhabdouraea, Tuzoia, Joanellia, Kallidecthes, Branchiura, Hoplocarida, List of U.S. state crustaceans, Cinerocaris, Pagurapseudopsis, Aratidecthes, Sairocaris, Entomostraca, Aeschronectida, Schizopoda, Xenocarida, Aenigmacaris, Edriophthalma, Kellibrooksia, Pagurapseudidae, Manca, Crangopsis, Arthrostraca, Tealliocaris, Caudal ramus. Excerpt: Bentheuphausiidae Krill is the common name given to the order Euphausiacea of shrimp-like marine crustaceans. Also known as euphausiids, these small invertebrates are found in all oceans of the world. The common name krill comes from the Norwegian word meaning "young fry of fish," which is also often attributed to other species of fish. Krill are considered an important trophic level connection-near the bottom of the food chain-because they feed on phytoplankton and to a lesser extent zooplankton, converting these into a form suitable for many larger animals for whom krill makes up the largest part of their diet. In the Southern Ocean, one species, the Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, makes up an estimated biomass of over 500,000,000 tonnes (490,000,000 long tons; 550,0...
