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NALT Concept Space
U.S. Department of Agriculture

NALT Core

Concept information

  1. Taxonomic Hierarchy
  2. Animalia
  3. Arthropoda
  4. Crustacea
  5. Malacostraca
  6. Amphipoda

Preferred term

Amphipoda

Type

  • Organism

Definition

  • Information An order of mostly marine Crustacea containing more than 5500 species in over 100 families. Like Isopoda the other large order in the superorder Peracarida, members are shrimp-like in appearance, have sessile compound eyes, and no carapace. But unlike Isopoda, they possess thoracic gills and their bodies are laterally compressed.

    Source: Medical Subject Headings

    Type: Concept definition

Broader concept

Synonyms

  • amphipods
  • scuds (Amphipoda)

Has taxonomic rank

In other languages

URI

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/8102

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