Antarctic krill

species of krill
Taxon taxon Q571443
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Antarctic krill

Summary

Antarctic krill is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,785 views/month, #1,225 of 195,241).[2]

Key Facts

  • Antarctic krill's instance of is recorded as taxon[3].
  • Antarctic krill is classified at the rank of species[4].
  • Antarctic krill's IUCN conservation status is recorded as Least Concern[5].
  • Antarctic krill belongs to the parent taxon Q992619[6].
  • Under binomial nomenclature, Antarctic krill is Euphausia superba[7].
  • Antarctic krill's Commons category is recorded as Euphausia superba[8].
  • Antarctic krill's this taxon is source of is recorded as krill oil[9].
  • Antarctic krill is commonly known as Antarctic krill[10].
  • Antarctic krill is commonly known as Antarctic Krill[11].
  • Antarctic krill is commonly known as krill antárticu[12].
  • Antarctic krill's taxon author citation is recorded as Dana, 1850[13].
  • Antarctic krill's taxon range is recorded as Antarctica[14].

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Classification

Under binomial nomenclature, Antarctic krill is Euphausia superba[7]. It is classified at the rank of species[4]. It is classified within Q992619[6]. Recorded taxon common name include it[10] and krill antárticu[12].

Identifiers

Antarctic krill's iNaturalist taxon ID is recorded as 344134[15]. Antarctic krill's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 6819[16]. Antarctic krill's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 509426[17]. Antarctic krill's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 2228010[18]. Antarctic krill's ITIS TSN is recorded as 95514[19].

Why It Matters

Antarctic krill ranks in the top 0.63% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,785 views/month, #1,225 of 195,241).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[20] It is known by 48 alternative names across languages and contexts.[21]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [20] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [21] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 3d ago · Debessis · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Taxon range Antarctica
    Continent
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  2. 8w ago · RVA2869 · 2026-07-04 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Parent taxon Q992619
    Taxon rank species
    This taxon is source of krill oil
    Iucn conservation status Least Concern
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