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TABLE XXXIX. EUPHAUSIIDS EATEN BY WHALES
Species
Sea area
Whale
Authority
Meganyctiphanes norvegica N. Atlantic
Nyctiphanes capensie
S. Africa
Blue, fin, humpback, Mackintosh and Wheeler
Pseudeuphausia latifrons Ryukyuan Waters Humpback
Nishiwaki (1959, 1960)
W. Australia
Humpback
Dall and Dunstan (1967)
Euphausia diomedeae
S. Africa
Pygmy Blue
Bannister and Baker (1967)
E. recurva
S. Africa
Blue, fin, humpback, Mackintosh and Wheeler
Blue, fin, humpback Mackintosh (1946)
sei, Bryde’s
(1929); Best (1967)
sei, Bryde’s
(1929); Bannister and
Baker (1967); Best (1967)
E. lucens
S . Africa
Blue, fin, humpback, Mackintosh and Wheeler
E. superba
Antarctic
Blue, fin, sei, right Nemoto (1957, 1962b);
Omura (1958)
E. vallentini
Antarctic
Blue, fin, sei
Nemoto (196213)
S. New Zealand
Fin, sei
Nemoto (1962b)
E. pacifica
N. Pacific
Blue, fin, humpback, Pike (1950); Nemoto
sei, Bryde’s
(1929); Best (1967)
right
(1957, 1959); Omura(1968)
Japan
Sei
Nemoto (1957)
California
Fin, humpback, grey Nemoto (1959)
E. crystallorophias
Antarctic
Blue, fin, minke
Marr (1956); Nemoto
E. similis
Ryukyuan Waters Humpback
Nishiwaki (1959, 1960)
Bonin Islands
Bryde’s
Nishimoto et al. (1952)
E. hernigibba
W. Australia
Humpback
Dall and Dunstan (1957)
E. spinVera
W. Australia
Humpback
Dall and Dunstan (1957)
(1957)
S. Africa
Sei, fin
Bannister and Baker
(1967); Best (1967)
Thysanoessa spinifera
Gulf of Alaska
T. longipes, 2’. inspinata N. Pacific
Blue, fin, sei, hump- Nemoto (1957, 1959)
T. inermis
Blue, fin, sei, hump- Nemoto (1957, 1959)
Blue, fin, humpback Pike (1950); Nemoto (1957)
back
back
back, right
N. Pacific
N. Atlantic
Blue, fin, sei, hump- Mackintosh (1946)
T. macrura
Antarctic
Blue, fin, humpback Nemoto (1959); Nemoto
T . gregaria
S. Africa
Fin, humpback, sei, Bannister and Baker
Bryde’s
(1967); Best (1967)
T . raschii
Bering Sea
Fin
Nemoto (1959)
Nematoscelis spp.
N. Pacific
Blue
Mackintosh (1946)
and Nasu (1958)
S. Africa
Sei
Best (1967)
The remaining species are frequently recorded as present in the
stomachs of whales. The Antarctic species, Euphausia superba, is
undoubtedly preyed on to the greatest extent by the whales but the
populations of E . crystallorophias and Thysanoessa macrura are also an
important source of nourishment. The two closely related species
Thysanoessa longipes and T . inspinata along with Euphausia pacijica