Euphausiacea — n. an order of small, commonly luminescent crustaceans: krill. Syn: order {Euphausiacea}. [WordNet 1.5] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Euphausiacea — Krill Meganyctiphan … Wikipedia Español
Euphausiacea — noun small commonly luminescent crustaceans; important element of marine plankton: krill • Syn: ↑order Euphausiacea • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑Malacostraca, ↑subclass Malacostraca … Useful english dictionary
animal order — noun the order of animals • Hypernyms: ↑order • Hyponyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales, ↑Pseudomonadales, ↑order Pseudomonadales, ↑Rickettsiales, ↑order … Useful english dictionary
Krill — Euphausiacea A northern krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica) Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
anus — (Order Cladocera): Posterior opening of digestive tract at end of postabdomen. (terminal, on dorsal margin) [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Notostraca): Posterior opening of digestive tract at end of telson; located between caudal rami and may be… … Crustacea glossary
heart — (Order Cladocera): In circulatory system, typically short, muscular pumping organ located anterior to brood chamber in trunk. Blood enters heart through single pair of ostia and is pumped anteriorly into a sinus, although certain predatory water… … Crustacea glossary
mouth — (Order Cladocera): Anterior opening of digestive tract under labrum; opens into esophagus [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Notostraca): Anterior opening of digestive tract on underside of head; located under labrum and opening into esophagus… … Crustacea glossary
aorta — (Order Cladocera): Heart [Stachowitsch, 1992]. (Order Cladocera): Unpaired blood vessel extending ventroposteriorly from heart. Separated from heart by anteroventral aortic valve and splits distally into several branches [Stachowitsch, 1992].… … Crustacea glossary
brain — (Order Notostraca): Main concentration of nreve tissue in head; consists of supraesophagael ganglion (protocerebrum and deutocerebrum) and, posterior to mouth, tritocerebrum (ganglion of antennal somite). Continues posteriorly as ladder like… … Crustacea glossary