Euphausia triacantha   Holt & Tattersall, 1906

Spiny krill
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Classification / Names Common names | Synonyms | CoL | ITIS | WoRMS

Malacostraca | Euphausiacea | Euphausiidae

Environment: milieu / climate zone / depth range / distribution range Ecology

Pelagic; depth range 50 - 600 m (Ref. 126819), usually 200 - 600 m (Ref. 126819).  Polar

Distribution Countries | FAO areas | Ecosystems | Occurrences | Introductions

Antarctic Ocean.

Length at first maturity / Size / Weight / Age

Maturity: Lm ?  range ? - ? cm Max length : 4.2 cm TL male/unsexed; (Ref. 7679); max. reported age: 3.00 years (Ref. 7679)

Biology     Glossary (e.g. epibenthic)

Furcilia stages occurred in the 50 to 300 meter depths, while juvenile and adult stages are found between the 200 and 600 meter depths (Ref. 126819).

Life cycle and mating behavior Maturity | Reproduction | Spawning | Eggs | Fecundity | Larvae

Main reference References | Coordinator | Collaborators

Brinton, E. 1962. (Ref. 2864)

IUCN Red List Status (Ref. 130435)


CITES status (Ref. 108899)

Not Evaluated

CMS (Ref. 116361)

Not Evaluated

Threat to humans

Human uses

Fisheries: commercial
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BHL | BOLD Systems | CISTI | DiscoverLife | FAO(Publication : search) | Fishipedia | GenBank (genome, nucleotide) | GloBI | Gomexsi | Google Books | Google Scholar | Google | PubMed | Tree of Life | Wikipedia (Go, Search) | Zoological Record

Estimates based on models

Resilience (Ref. 69278): High, minimum population doubling time less than 15 months (K=0.6; tmax=3).
Price category (Ref. 80766): Unknown.