Euphausiacea of the Southern Ocean

Created 23/06/2025

Updated 23/06/2025

This dataset provides a guide to the Euphausiacea of the Southern Ocean, in particular Euphausia superba Dana (Antarctic krill). It lists all the known species and with illustrated diagrams provides a guide to their taxonomic identification. The document is available for download as a pdf from the URL given below.

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Additional Info

Field Value
Title Euphausiacea of the Southern Ocean
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/dataset/58939002-c7d6-4aa4-89c1-83b5003afb50
Contact Point
Australian Ocean Data Network
metadata@aad.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1982 - 31/12/1982
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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Data Portal Australian Oceans Data Network

Data Source

This dataset was originally found on Australian Oceans Data Network "Euphausiacea of the Southern Ocean". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://catalogue.aodn.org.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/euphausiacea-of-the-southern-ocean