Euphausia pacifica (English spelling) Euphausia pacifica

Japanese: Euphausia pacifica(英語表記)Euphausiapacifica
Euphausia pacifica (English spelling) Euphausia pacifica

…Antarctic krill are abundant not only in the Antarctic Ocean but in all oceans, and in recent years, they have been attracting attention as an important source of protein. They are actively caught, frozen or boiled, and further processed to be used as food or feed for farmed fish and livestock. Over 80 species are known, and from the waters off Japan, the round-headed krill Thysanopoda obtusifrons , the hornless krill Euphausia pacifica (illustration), and the hair-butted krill Stylocheiron carinatum are known. At first glance, they resemble mysids and shrimp. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Euphausia pacifica" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…南極海はもちろん,全海洋に豊富に産するので,ナンキョクオキアミなどは近年,重要なタンパク質源として注目され,盛んに漁獲され,冷凍あるいは煮干しとされ,さらに加工されて食品または養魚,家畜などの餌料として用いられる。八十数種が知られ,日本近海からは,マルエリオキアミThysanopoda obtusifrons,ツノナシオキアミEuphausia pacifica(イラスト),ヒゲブトオキアミStylocheiron carinatumなどが知られている。一見,アミ類とエビ類に似ている。…

※「Euphausia pacifica」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報

<<:  euphemism

>>:  Euphausiaceae

Recommend

Kurobane [town] - Kurobane

A former town in Nasu County, northeastern Tochigi...

Rhodoxeralf

…The name Terra Rossa comes from the Italian word...

gṛha (English spelling) grha

…On the other hand, the German word Haus lost its...

Citron - Shitoron (English spelling) citron

It is an evergreen small to medium-sized tree of ...

Gionune No. 1 and No. 2 Tombs - Gionune Ichigonigoufun

...The general term for a group of ancient tombs ...

LeWitt, S.

...In the narrow sense, it refers to the above ex...

Dustchute - Dustchute (English spelling)

A device that drops waste down a vertical tube an...

Otana

…In this way, in the Edo period, the word “tana” ...

Eva Peron (name) - Eva Peron

...1919-52). Perón won a landslide victory in the...

Murdock, R.

…A representative high-quality newspaper in the U...

Burning work - Burning work

A prefecture-level city located in the northern p...

Tsukinukisou (English name) Triosteum sinuatum Maxim.

A perennial herb of the Caprifoliaceae family that...

Alterist - Alterist

…A brotherhood had its own altar in a particular ...

Ground pressing - Jioshi

In the Edo period, this was an informal land surve...