About Earthynature of Britain
  1. Home
  2. Species
  3. Northern krill
Species · Crustaceans

Northern krill

Meganyctiphanes norvegica

184Records since 2000
AugustPeak month

When it is recorded

Jan0
Feb1
Mar21
Apr0
May2
Jun9
Jul24
Aug107
Sep18
Oct0
Nov0
Dec2

GBIF records by month, 2000–2025 (all years combined).

About this species

Records since 2000
184
Peak month
August
Scientific name
Meganyctiphanes norvegica
Group
Crustaceans
NBN Atlas records since 2000
208
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Euphausiacea
Family
Euphausiidae
Genus
Meganyctiphanes
Name with authority
Meganyctiphanes norvegica (M.Sars, 1857)
Described
1857

Sources: GBIF occurrence data (CC0 / CC BY), JNCC Taxon Designations (OGL), NBN Atlas (open licences), Wikidata (CC0) · Wikidata Q134974 · GBIF 2227978