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Definition of Order Amphipoda
1. Noun. Small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Malacostraca, Subclass Malacostraca
Member holonyms: Amphipod, Family Orchestiidae, Orchestiidae, Caprella, Genus Caprella, Cyamus, Genus Cyamus
Lexicographical Neighbors of Order Amphipoda
Literary usage of Order Amphipoda
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Order AMPHIPODA. THE animals that constitute this Order of Crustacea exhibit th«
characters of the Class perhaps more perfectly typical than can be found in ..."
2. Catalogue of the Specimens of Amphipodous Crustacea in the Collection of the by Charles Spence Bate (1862)
"Order AMPHIPODA. THE animals that constitute this Order of Crustacea exhibit the
characters of the Class perhaps more perfectly typical than can be found in ..."
3. North American Index Fossils by Amadeus William Grabau, Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1910)
"Order AMPHIPODA Latreille. Body laterally compressed. Abdomen elongate. The three
anterior feet for swimming, the rest directed posteriorly and used for ..."
4. Zoology: Being a Systematic Account of the General Structure, Habits by William Benjamin Carpenter, William Sweetland Dallas (1867)
"... members,—we have first to notice the Order AMPHIPODA, in which the abdomen is
well developed, but the respiratory organs are connected with Fro. 589. ..."
5. Zoology: Being a Sketch of the Classification, Structure, Distribution, and by William Benjamin Carpenter (1845)
"... by the union of the respiratory organs with the locomotive members,—we have
to first notice the Order AMPHIPODA, in which the abdomen is well developed, ..."
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