NALT

Preferred term

Amphipoda

Organism

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.

Malacostraca

amphipods
scuds (Amphipoda)

Field 001 in MARC Authority Format

2215

Has taxonomic rank

order (taxa)

Spanish

Amphipoda
amphipods

URI

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

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Created 1/19/06, last modified 7/25/19