Glossary Item

'Krill' is a generic term for shrimp-like planktonic crustaceans (euphausids). These are not prawns.

The following is a list of all currently identified species of krill:

Euphausia brevis
Euphausia crystallorophias (Ice krill)
Euphausia frigida
Euphausia krohni
Euphausia longirostris
Euphausia lucens
Euphausia pacifica
Euphausia similis
Euphausia superba (Antarctic krill)
Euphausia tricantha
Euphausia vallentini
Meganyctiphanes norvegica
Nematobrachion boopis
Nematobrachion flexipes
Nematoscelis difficilis
Nematoscelis megalops
Nyctiphanes australis
Nyctiphanes capensis
Nyctiphanes couchii
Nyctiphanes simplex
Pseudeuphausia latifrons
Stylocheiron abbreviatum
Stylocheiron affine
Stylocheiron carinatum
Stylocheiron elongatum
Stylocheiron longicorne
Stylocheiron longirostris
Stylocheiron maximum
Stylocheiron suhmii
Tessarabrachion oculatum
Thysanoessa gregaria
Thysanoessa inermis
Thysanoessa longipes
Thysanoessa macrura
Thysanopoda obtusifrons