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What does euphausiid mean?

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Noun
  1. (zoology) Any member of the taxonomic order Euphausiacea of krill.
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Information on predator requirements has increased greatly since that estimate, but the quota has been kept constant despite the likelihood that predators consume much more euphausiid than initially estimated.
An analysis of sinking rates of natural copepod and euphausiid fecal pellets.
Before and during winter, SCW and the euphausiid dietary component were highest in the Kodiak region.
While blue whales may occasionally feed on pelagic crabs and small fishes, their diet is almost exclusively euphausiid shrimps commonly called krill.
Larger plankton include euphausiid shrimp or krill, which feed on phytoplankton as well as on smaller zooplankton.
The euphausiid nauplius is followed by a complex series of shrimplike larvae.

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