What is Bentheuphausia amblyops?
Q: What is Bentheuphausia amblyops?
A: Bentheuphausia amblyops is a species of krill.
Q: What are krill?
A: Krill are small shrimp-like crustaceans living in the ocean.
Q: How is Bentheuphausia amblyops different from the other known krill species?
A: Bentheuphausia amblyops is distinguished from the other known krill species by several morphological features. The features most easily used to tell it apart are that the animals are not bioluminescent and that their first pair of pleopods is not modified as copulatory tool organs. Also, their eyes are smaller than those of the other krill species.
Q: How many species of krill are known?
A: There are 85 other species of krill known.
Q: In what geographic areas can Bentheuphausia amblyops be found?
A: Bentheuphausia amblyops can be found in the northern Atlantic Ocean, in latitudes south of 40° N, and also in the southern seas of the Atlantic, in the Indian Ocean and in the Pacific.
Q: In what type of environment does Bentheuphausia amblyops live?
A: Bentheuphausia amblyops is a bathypelagic krill that lives in deep waters below 1,000 m.
Q: What is the size of a Bentheuphausia amblyops adult?
A: Adults reach a length of 4 to 5 cm.
