Thysanopoda

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Thysanopoda
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Order: Euphausiacea Family: Euphausiidae Genus: Thysanopoda Latreille, 1831
Species
Several, see text.

Thysanopoda is a genus of krill, small shrimp-like invertebrate animals living in the oceans.

[edit] Taxonomy

There are the following species within this genus:

• Thysanopoda acutifrons Holt and W. M. Tattersall, 1905
• Thysanopoda aequalis Hansen, 1905
• Thysanopoda astylata Brinton, 1975
• Thysanopoda cornuta Illig, 1905
• Thysanopoda cristata G. O. Sars, 1883
• Thysanopoda egregia Hansen, 1905
• Thysanopoda microphthalma G. O. Sars, 1885
• Thysanopoda minyops Brinton, 1987
• Thysanopoda monacantha Ortmann, 1893
• Thysanopoda obtusifrons G. O. Sars, 1883
• Thysanopoda orientalis Hansen, 1910
• Thysanopoda pectinata Ortmann, 1893
• Thysanopoda spinicaudata Brinton, 1953
• Thysanopoda tricuspida H. Milne Edwards, 1837

[edit] External links

• Thysanopoda (TSN 95582). Integrated Taxonomic Information System.