amphipod

[ am-fuh-pod ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.

amphipod

/ ˈæmfɪˌpɒd /

any marine or freshwater crustacean of the order Amphipoda, such as the sand hoppers, in which the body is laterally compressed: subclass Malacostraca

1825–35; < New Latin Amphipoda; amphi-, -pod

Melita nitida is a smaller slate-colored amphipod found in some places; another is Mra levis, which is whitish, with black eyes.

Maury has described certain amphipod crustaceans which also inhabit the Salp.

Dollo's comparison of the Cyclopygid to the huge-eyed modern amphipod Cystosoma is instructive.

They are also found in some of the semi-terrestrial and purely aquatic Amphipod Crustaceans.

One of these last, the Chelura terebrans, a little Amphipod, constitutes a great danger for the works of man.

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