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Nyctiphanes
Sign in to saveNyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.
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Vinony's link graph records 5 inbound references to Nyctiphanes, and connects out to Euphausiacea, Animalia and arthropod.
Vinony files it under Crustacean genera, Krill and Taxa named by Georg Ossian Sars.
Vinony links it to 12 Wikipedia language editions.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderEuphausiacea
- FamilyEuphausiidae
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Nyctiphanes is a genus of krill, comprising four species with an anti-tropical distribution. Based on molecular phylogenetic analyses of the cytochrome oxidase gene and 16S ribosomal DNA, Nyctiphanes is believed to have evolved during the Miocene.
==References==
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Nyctiphanes” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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