Nyctiphanes

Nyctiphanes
	Nyctiphanes australis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Euphausiacea
Family:	Euphausiidae
Genus:	Nyctiphanes; G. O. Sars, 1883
Species
	Nyctiphanes australis G. O. Sars, 1883; Nyctiphanes capensis Hansen, 1911; Nyctiphanes couchii (Bell, 1853); Nyctiphanes simplex Hansen, 1911;

Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution.^[2] Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.^[2]

References

^ Volker Siegel (2011). Siegel V (ed.). "Nyctiphanes Sars, 1883". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 17, 2012.
^ ^a ^b M. Eugenia D'Amato; Gordon W. Harkins; Tulio de Oliveira; Peter R. Teske; Mark J. Gibbons (2008). "Molecular dating and biogeography of the neritic krill Nyctiphanes" (PDF). Marine Biology. 155 (2): 243–247. doi:10.1007/s00227-008-1005-0.

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