Northern krill
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{{Taxobox | color = pink | name = Northern krill | image = Meganyctiphanes norvegica2.jpg | image_width = 250px | regnum = Animalia | phylum = Arthropoda | subphylum = Crustacea | classis = Malacostraca | ordo = Euphausiacea | familia = Euphausiidae | genus = Meganyctiphanes | genus_authority = Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905 | species = M. norvegica | binomial = Meganyctiphanes norvegica | binomial_authority = (M. Sars, 1856) }}
Northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) is a crustacean that lives in the North Atlantic Ocean. It is part of the zooplankton. It is an euphausiid and a very important component of the plankton of the ocean, food for whales, fish and birds. In the Southern Ocean the Antarctic krill Euphausia superba fills a similar role.
The Northern krill is the only species of the genus Meganyctiphanes.
Image:Meganyctiphanes norvegica1.jpg
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