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Small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans whale lice
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amphipoda
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Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers . There are more than 9,500 amphipod species so far described. They ...
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Amphipoda \Am*phip"o*da\, n. pl. [NL., FR. Gr. ? + ?, ? foot.] (Zo["o]l.) A numerous group of fourteen -- footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water. The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward ...