Meganyctiphanes norvegica
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Meganyctiphanes norvegica is a species of North Atlantic krill that plays a key role in marine food webs as a major prey item for fish, seabirds, and whales.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Meganyctiphanes | 1 |
| Meganyctiphanes norvegica canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3946345 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meganyctiphanes norvegica Context triple: [Euphausiacea, includes, Meganyctiphanes norvegica]
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A.
Dumetella
Dumetella is a small genus of New World passerine birds best known for including the gray catbird, a mimicking songbird found across much of North America.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Necrosyrtes monachus
Necrosyrtes monachus, commonly known as the hooded vulture, is a small, scavenging Old World vulture native to sub-Saharan Africa and often found near human settlements.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Meganyctiphanes norvegica Target entity description: Meganyctiphanes norvegica is a species of North Atlantic krill that plays a key role in marine food webs as a major prey item for fish, seabirds, and whales.
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A.
Dumetella
Dumetella is a small genus of New World passerine birds best known for including the gray catbird, a mimicking songbird found across much of North America.
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B.
Pleistrus
Pleistrus is a minor figure in Greek mythology known primarily as a son of Helen of Troy.
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C.
Metischnogaster
Metischnogaster is a genus of small, primitively eusocial hover wasps within the subfamily Stenogastrinae, known for their distinctive nesting behavior in tropical Asia.
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D.
Capnoides
Capnoides is a small genus of flowering plants in the poppy order Papaverales, known for delicate, often tubular flowers and typically found in temperate regions.
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E.
Necrosyrtes monachus
Necrosyrtes monachus, commonly known as the hooded vulture, is a small, scavenging Old World vulture native to sub-Saharan Africa and often found near human settlements.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
crustacean
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euphausiid ⓘ krill species ⓘ marine organism ⓘ |
| behavior |
diel vertical migrator
ⓘ
forms dense swarms ⓘ |
| bodyLength | approximately 2 to 3 centimeters ⓘ |
| bodyPlan | segmented body with exoskeleton ⓘ |
| class | Malacostraca ⓘ |
| commonName | Northern krill ⓘ |
| diet |
phytoplankton
ⓘ
zooplankton ⓘ |
| distribution |
Barents Sea
ⓘ
Icelandic waters ⓘ Labrador Sea ⓘ North Atlantic subpolar gyre ⓘ
linked to:
North Atlantic subpolar gyre system
|
| ecologicalRole |
key species in marine food webs
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major prey item for fish ⓘ major prey item for seabirds ⓘ major prey item for whales ⓘ |
| family |
Euphausiidae
ⓘ
linked to:
Euphausiacea
|
| genus |
Meganyctiphanes
ⓘ
linked to:
Meganyctiphanes norvegica
|
| habitat |
North Atlantic Ocean
ⓘ
linked to:
Atlantic Ocean
North Sea ⓘ Norwegian Sea ⓘ subarctic waters ⓘ |
| importance |
indicator of ecosystem change
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supports commercial fish stocks ⓘ |
| kingdom | Animalia ⓘ |
| lifeCycleStage |
adult
ⓘ
calyptopis larva ⓘ egg ⓘ furcilia larva ⓘ nauplius larva ⓘ |
| locomotion | swimming with thoracic appendages ⓘ |
| morphologicalFeature |
bioluminescent organs
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elongated, translucent body ⓘ large compound eyes ⓘ |
| order | Euphausiacea ⓘ |
| phylum | Arthropoda ⓘ |
| reproduction | broadcast spawner ⓘ |
| respiration | aquatic respiration with gills ⓘ |
| subphylum | Crustacea ⓘ |
| symmetry | bilateral symmetry ⓘ |
| taxonRank | species ⓘ |
| trophicLevel |
primary consumer
ⓘ
secondary consumer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Meganyctiphanes norvegica Description of subject: Meganyctiphanes norvegica is a species of North Atlantic krill that plays a key role in marine food webs as a major prey item for fish, seabirds, and whales.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Meganyctiphanes norvegica