Thysanoessa

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Thysanoessa
Thysanoessa longipes
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Euphausiacea Family: Euphausiidae Genus: Thysanoessa Brandt, 1851
Species
Several, see text.

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

[edit] Taxonomy

There are the following species within this genus:

• Thysanoessa gregaria G. O. Sars, 1885
• Thysanoessa inermis (Krøyer, 1846)
• Thysanoessa inspinata Nemoto, 1963
• Thysanoessa longicaudata (Krøyer, 1846)
• Thysanoessa longipes Brandt, 1851
• Thysanoessa macrura G. O. Sars, 1885
• Thysanoessa parva Hansen, 1905
• Thysanoessa raschii (M. Sars, 1864)
• Thysanoessa spinifera Holmes, 1900
• Thysanoessa vicina Hansen, 1911

[edit] External links

• Thysanoessa (TSN 95571). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.