Nematobrachion
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Nematobrachion is a genus of krill
, small shrimp
-like invertebrate
animals living in the oceans. It contains the following three species:
Krill
Krill is the common name given to the order Euphausiacea of shrimp-like marine crustaceans. Also known as euphausiids, these small invertebrates are found in all oceans of the world...
, small shrimp
Shrimp
Shrimp are swimming, decapod crustaceans classified in the infraorder Caridea, found widely around the world in both fresh and salt water. Adult shrimp are filter feeding benthic animals living close to the bottom. They can live in schools and can swim rapidly backwards. Shrimp are an important...
-like invertebrate
Invertebrate
An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone. The group includes 97% of all animal species – all animals except those in the chordate subphylum Vertebrata .Invertebrates form a paraphyletic group...
animals living in the oceans. It contains the following three species:
- Nematobrachion boopis (Calman, 1896)
- Nematobrachion flexipes (OrtmannArnold Edward OrtmannArnold Edward Ortmann was a naturalist, and zoologist who specialized in malacology.- Biography :Ortmann was born in Magdeburg, Prussia. A student of Ernst Haeckel, he was graduated from the University of Jena in 1885 with a Ph.D. From 1886 on, he worked as an instructor at the University of...
, 1893) - Nematobrachion sexspinosus HansenHans Jacob Hansen-References:*.-Literature:...
, 1911