Eukrohniidae is a family of sagittoideans in the order Phragmophora. It consists of a single genus, Eukrohnia von Ritter-Záhony, 1909.
History
The first species of Eukrohniidae, Eukrohnia hamata, was identified by Karl Möbius in 1875. The genus was named Eukrohnia by R. von Ritter-Záhony in 1909 after August David Krohn. The family was named Eukrohniidae by Takasi Tokioka in 1965. One of the species, Eukrohnia fowleri, is bioluminescent.
Species
- Eukrohnia bathyantarctica <small>David, 1958</small>
- Eukrohnia bathypelagica <small>Alvariño, 1962</small>
- Eukrohnia calliops <small>McLelland, 1989</small>
- Eukrohnia flaccicoeca <small>Casanova, 1986</small>
- Eukrohnia fowleri <small>von Ritter-Záhony, 1909</small>
- Eukrohnia hamata <small>(Möbius, 1875)</small>
- Eukrohnia kitoui <small>Kuroda, 1981</small>
- Eukrohnia macroneura <small>Casanova, 1986</small>
- Eukrohnia minuta <small>Silas & Srinivasan, 1969</small>
- Eukrohnia proboscidea <small>Furnestin & Ducret, 1965</small>
- Eukrohnia sinica <small>Zhang & Chen, 1983 </small>
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