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A taxonomic group which includes organisms such as krill and shrimps
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Small, usually luminescent malacostran crustaceans resembling shrimps
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A planktonic, shrimplike crustacean.
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Small shrimp-like crustacean in the order Euphausiacea. Also called krill.
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Euphausiids are small, plentiful, shrimp-like, crustaceans that live in the open ocean. They are about 1 inch long.
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