WoRMS taxon details
Euphausia spinifera G.O. Sars, 1883
221051 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:221051)
accepted
Species
Euphausia schotti Ortmann, 1893 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Sars, G.O. (1884). Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1883 (7): 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43842640 [details] 
distribution depth in m: 0-300; horizontal distribution: subtropical to Sub-Antarctic
distribution depth in m: 0-300; horizontal distribution: subtropical to Sub-Antarctic [details]
Siegel, V.; De Grave, S. (Ed) (2026). World Euphausiacea Database. Euphausia spinifera G.O. Sars, 1883. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=221051 on 2026-09-07
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Nomenclature
original description
Sars, G.O. (1884). Preliminary notices on the Schizopoda of H.M.S. Challenger Expedition. <em>Forhandlinger i Videnskabs-Selskabet i Christiania.</em> 1883 (7): 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/43842640 [details]
original description (of Euphausia schotti Ortmann, 1893) Ortmann, A. E. (1893). Decapoden und Schizopoden. <em>In: Hensen, V. (ed.), Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius und Tischer.</em> 2.G.b: 1-120, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Gibbons, M.J., M. Barange & L. Hutchings (1995). Zoogeography and diversity of euphausiids around southern Africa. Marine Biology 123: 257-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00353617 [details]
original description (of Euphausia schotti Ortmann, 1893) Ortmann, A. E. (1893). Decapoden und Schizopoden. <em>In: Hensen, V. (ed.), Ergebnisse der Plankton-Expedition der Humboldt-Stiftung. Kiel und Leipzig, Lipsius und Tischer.</em> 2.G.b: 1-120, pls. 1-10. [details]
basis of record Gibbons, M.J., M. Barange & L. Hutchings (1995). Zoogeography and diversity of euphausiids around southern Africa. Marine Biology 123: 257-268., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/bf00353617 [details]
Other
context source (Deepsea)
Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
additional source Baker AdeC, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. London : Natural History Museum Publications, 1989 [details]
additional source Boltovskoy D. (Ed.). (1999). South Atlantic Zooplankton 2 vol. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden. 1706 pp. [details] Available for editors
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additional source Brinton E, Ohman MD, Townsend AW, Knight MD, Bridgeman AL (2000) Euphausiids of the world ocean. ETI World Biodiversity database CD ROM Series. Springer Publ. Heidelberg [details]
additional source Mauchline, J. and Fisher, L.R. (1969) The Biology of Euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454 [details]
additional source Pakhomov, E.A. (1995) Composition and distribution of macro-zooplankton around the Antarctic islands of Kerguelen (in Russian with engl abstract) Hydorobiol. Journal (Kiev) 31: 21-32. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source Baker AdeC, Boden BP, Brinton E (1990) A Practical Guide to the Euphausiids of the World. London : Natural History Museum Publications, 1989 [details]
additional source Boltovskoy D. (Ed.). (1999). South Atlantic Zooplankton 2 vol. Backhuys Publishers. Leiden. 1706 pp. [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Brinton E, Ohman MD, Townsend AW, Knight MD, Bridgeman AL (2000) Euphausiids of the world ocean. ETI World Biodiversity database CD ROM Series. Springer Publ. Heidelberg [details]
additional source Mauchline, J. and Fisher, L.R. (1969) The Biology of Euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454 [details]
additional source Pakhomov, E.A. (1995) Composition and distribution of macro-zooplankton around the Antarctic islands of Kerguelen (in Russian with engl abstract) Hydorobiol. Journal (Kiev) 31: 21-32. [details]
additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils.</em> pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors
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Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
