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Table 6.
Lipid data of the dominant Euphausiid species in the Antarctic (modified after Hagen and Auel, 2001) DM: dry mass.
| Characteristics | Euphausia superba | Euphausia crystallorophias |
Thysanoessa macrura |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum size (mm) | 56 | 41 | 33 |
| Maximum lipid content | 46% DM | 52% DM | 56% DM |
| Major storage lipid | Triacylglycerols phosphatidylcholine | Wax esters phosphatidylcholine | Wax esters phosphatidylcholine |
| Typical fatty acids | 14:0; 16:0; 18:1 | 16:0; 18:1 | 14:0; 16:0; 18:1 |
| Typical fatty alcohols | none | 14:0; 16:0 | 18:1; 20:1 |
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