| Bentheuphausia | |
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| after Mauchline, 1971; after Sars, 1885 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Euphausiacea |
| Family: | Bentheuphausiidae Colosi, 1917 |
| Genus: | Bentheuphausia G. O. Sars, 1885 |
| Species: | B. amblyops
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| Binomial name | |
| Bentheuphausia amblyops (G. O. Sars, 1883) [1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Thysanopoda amblyops G. O. Sars, 1883 [2] | |
Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus,[3] which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae.[4] All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae.
- ^ "Bentheuphausia amblyops (G. O. Sars, 1883)". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ "Species Bentheuphausia amblyops (Sars, 1883)". Australian Faunal Directory. Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts. October 9, 2008. Archived from the original on October 13, 2012. Retrieved July 6, 2011.
- ^ Volker Siegel (2011). Siegel V (ed.). "Bentheuphausia Sars, 1885". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.
- ^ Volker Siegel (2011). Siegel V (ed.). "Bentheuphausiidae". World Euphausiacea database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved November 25, 2011.