Antarctic krill
E15262
Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Antarctic krill canonical | 7 |
| Euphausia superba | 4 |
| Euphausia | 1 |
| Euphausia superba Dana | 1 |
| Euphausiidae | 1 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crustacean
ⓘ
krill ⓘ species ⓘ |
| bioluminescent | true ⓘ |
| bodyLength | about 6 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyMass | about 1 gram ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| color |
pink
ⓘ
translucent ⓘ |
| commercialUse | krill fishery ⓘ |
| commonName |
Antarctic euphausiid
ⓘ
Antarctic krill ⓘ |
| conservationConcern |
impacts of climate change
ⓘ
sea ice loss ⓘ |
| describedBy | Dana ⓘ |
| diet |
phytoplankton
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| ecologicalRole | keystone species ⓘ |
| family |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausiidae
|
| feedingMode | filter feeder ⓘ |
| formsSwarms | true ⓘ |
| genus |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausia
|
| geographicDistribution | circumpolar around Antarctica ⓘ |
| habitat |
Antarctic waters
ⓘ
Southern Ocean ⓘ |
| importance | foundation of Antarctic marine food web ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| larvalDevelopment | multiple pelagic larval stages ⓘ |
| lifeSpan | up to 5–7 years ⓘ |
| order | Euphausiacea ⓘ |
| overwintersUnderSeaIce | true ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| preyOf |
baleen whales
ⓘ
fish ⓘ penguins ⓘ seabirds ⓘ seals ⓘ |
| regulatedBy | Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources ⓘ |
| reproduction | sexual reproduction ⓘ |
| scientificName |
Antarctic krill
self-linksurface differs
ⓘ
surface form:
Euphausia superba
|
| spawningLocation | open ocean ⓘ |
| subphylum |
Arthropoda
ⓘ
surface form:
Crustacea
|
| swarmDensity | up to 30000 individuals per cubic meter ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel | primary consumer ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aquaculture feed
ⓘ
omega-3 supplements ⓘ |
| usesSeaIceForFeeding | true ⓘ |
| yearDescribed | 1850 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Antarctic krill Description of subject: Antarctic krill are small, shrimp-like crustaceans that form massive swarms and serve as a keystone species at the base of the Antarctic marine food web.
Referenced by (14)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Euphausia
this entity surface form:
Euphausiidae
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba
this entity surface form:
Euphausia superba Dana