The Antarctic krill ( " Euphausia superba " ) is one of the most abundant animal species on earth, with a biomass of around 500 million tonnes.
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Brinton, E . and A . W . Townsend . ( 1984 ) Regional relationships between development and growth in larvae of Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba, from field samples.
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"These little guys zipping around in here are Euphausia pacifica, " he said, touching images of shrimplike animals, " the krill that they feed on ."
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Species with endemic distributions include " Nyctiphanes capensis ", which occurs only in the Benguela current, and the six " Euphausia " species native to the Southern Ocean.
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In the Southern Ocean, one species, the Antarctic Krill, Euphausia superba, makes up a biomass of hundreds of millions of tonnes, similar to the entire human consumption of animal protein.
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The annual catch of " Euphausia superba " since the mid-1990s is about 100 120, 000 tonnes annually, i . e ., about one fiftieth of the CCAMLR catch quota.
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Fin whales caught off California between 1959 and 1970 fed on the pelagic euphausiid " Euphausia pacifica " ( 86 % of sampled individuals ), the more rockfish ( " Sebastes jordani " ).
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Antarctic krill ( " Euphausia superba " ), southern elephant seal ( " Mirounga leonina " ) pups and seabirds other than penguins have also been found in leopard seal scats in small quantities.
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Brinton, E ., M . Huntley and A . W . Townsend . ( 1986 ) Larvae of Euphausia superba in the Scotia Sea and Bransfield Strait in March 1984-development and abundance compared with 1981 larvae.
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Brinton, E . and T . Antezana . ( 1984 ) Structures of swarming and dispersed populations of krill ( Euphausia superba ) in Scotia Sea and South Shetland areas during January-March 1981, determined by bongo nets.
