Stylocheiron

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Stylocheiron
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Euphausiacea Family: Euphausiidae Genus: Stylocheiron G. O. Sars, 1883
Species
See text.

Stylocheiron is a genus of krill, small shrimp-like invertebrate animals living in the oceans.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are the following species within this genus:

• Stylocheiron abbreviatum G. O. Sars, 1883
• Stylocheiron affine Hansen, 1910
• Stylocheiron armatum Colosi, 1917
• Stylocheiron carinatum G. O. Sars, 1883
• Stylocheiron elongatum G. O. Sars, 1883
• Stylocheiron indicus E. G. Silas and K. J. Mathew, 1967
• Stylocheiron insulare Hansen, 1910
• Stylocheiron longicorne G. O. Sars, 1883
• Stylocheiron maximum Hansen, 1908
• Stylocheiron microphthalma Hansen, 1910
• Stylocheiron robustum Brinton, 1962
• Stylocheiron suhmii G. O. Sars, 1883

[edit] External links

• Taxonomy of Stylocheiron from ITIS.
• Silas, E. G.; Mathew, K. J.: Stylocheiron Indicus, A new Euphausiid (Crustacea : Euphausiacea) From Indian Seas, in Current Science, vol. 36; Indian Academy of Science, April 5, 1967.