Colosi, 1917

In the male, the endopod of the 1st pair of pleopods is not modified as a complex petasma. Basipod of 1st pair of pleopods carries 1-6 spines. Endopod of 1st maxilla is two jointed. Endopod of 2nd maxilla is three jointed. Outer uropod has a sub-distal transverse suture. Eyes are poorly developed. All eight thoracic legs are well developed.

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Arthropoda
Subphylum Crustacea
Class Malacostraca
Subclass Eumalacostraca
Superorder Eucarida
Order Euphausiacea
Family Bentheuphausiidae

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Baker, A. de C., B. P. Boden and E. Brinton, 1990. A practical guide to the euphausiids of the world. British Museum (Natural History), London. 96 pp.

Boden, B. P., M. W. Johnson and E. Brinton, 1955. The Euphausiacea (Crustacea) of the North Pacific. Bulletin of the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California 6: 287-400.

Brinton, E., 1975. Euphausiids of Southeast Asian Waters. Naga Report. Scientific Results of Marine Investigations of the South China Sea and the Gulf of Thailand 4(5): 1-287.

Einarsson, H., 1942. Notes on Euphausiacea I-III. On the systematic value of the spermatheca, on sexual dimorphism in Nematoscelis and on the male in Bentheuphausia. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk naturhistorisk Forening i Kobenhavn 106: 263-286.

Mauchline, J. and L. R. Fisher, 1969. The biology of euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 7: 1-454.

Mauchline, J., 1980. The biology of mysids and euphausiids. Advances in Marine Biology 18: 1-681.

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