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Sky has multiple in-game currencies. "Candles" are the main currency of Sky, and are exchanged with spirits and friends in return for items and abilities. Candles are obtained by collecting pieces of light (called wax in game) and forging them, or by purchasing them for real money.
If you’ve ever indulged in the habit of cloudspotting, you’ve probably seen all kinds of things in the sky, from animals and faces to UFOs and cartoon characters.
Euphausia crystallorophias is a species of krill, sometimes called ice krill, [1] crystal krill, [2] or Antarctic coastal krill. [2] It lives in the coastal waters around Antarctica , further south than any other species of krill. [ 2 ]
Most krill are about 1–2 centimetres (0.4–0.8 in) long as adults. A few species grow to sizes on the order of 6–15 centimetres (2.4–5.9 in). The largest krill species, Thysanopoda cornuta, lives deep in the open ocean. [35] Krill can be easily distinguished from other crustaceans such as true shrimp by their externally visible gills. [36]
Euphausia pacifica, the North Pacific krill, is a euphausid that lives in the northern Pacific Ocean. [2] In Japan, E. pacifica is called isada krill or tsunonashi okiami (ツノナシオキアミ). It is found from Suruga Bay northwards, including all of the Sea of Japan and the south-western part of the Sea of Okhotsk.
Antarctic krill can scrape off the green lawn of ice algae from the underside of pack ice. [13] [14] Krill have developed special rows of rake-like setae at the tips of their thoracopods, and graze the ice in a zig-zag fashion. One krill can clear an area of a square foot in about 10 minutes (1.5 cm 2 /s). Recent discoveries have found that the ...
Thysanoessa raschii, sometimes known as Arctic krill, is one of the most common euphausiid species of the subarctic and Arctic seas. They may reach 20–25 millimetres (0.8–1.0 in) long, and are sexually mature above 14 mm (0.6 in). [1] T. raschii is a major prey item of several taxa, planktivorous fishes and marine mammals.
Bentheuphausia amblyops, the deep sea krill is a species of krill. B. amblyops is the only species within its genus, [ 3 ] which in turn is the only genus within the family Bentheuphausiidae . [ 4 ] All the 85 other species of krill known are classified in the family Euphausiidae .