Amphipoda
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 A hyperiid amphipod (Hyperia macrocephala) | ||||||||||
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Amphipoda (amphipods) include about 4600 different species of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Most amphipods are marine, although a few live in freshwater or are terrestrial. One species common to mid-Atlantic and estuarine waters is Jassa falcata.
Gammaracanthuskytodermogammarus loricatobaicalensis is possibly the longest binomial name, and is a kind of amphipod.
External links
- Amphipoda page at www.crustacea.net (http://www.crustacea.net/crustace/amphipoda/index.htm) includes a list of families
- The Amphipod Home Page (http://www.imv.uit.no/amphipod/index.html)