Eukrohniidae

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 David, 1958
 * Eukrohnia bathypelagica Alvariño, 1962
 * Eukrohnia calliops McLelland, 1989
 * Eukrohnia flaccicoeca Casanova, 1986
 * Eukrohnia fowleri von Ritter-Záhony, 1909
 * Eukrohnia hamata (Möbius, 1875)
 * Eukrohnia kitoui Kuroda, 1981
 * Eukrohnia macroneura Casanova, 1986
 * Eukrohnia minuta Silas & Srinivasan, 1969
 * Eukrohnia proboscidea Furnestin & Ducret, 1965
 * Eukrohnia sinica Zhang & Chen, 1983