Amphipods
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| Order | Latreille |
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| Phylum | Arthropoda |
| Class | Malacostraca |
| Scientific name | Amphipoda |
| Kingdom | Animalia |
| Rank | Order |
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| ID | 2073370 |
About Amphipods
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from 1 to 340 millimetres and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far described.