Amphipoda

Translingual

Amphipoda sp.

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ἀμφί (amphí, “all over, all around”) + πούς (poús, “foot”)

Proper noun

Amphipoda

1. A taxonomic order within the class Malacostraca – amphipods; very many shrimplike crustaceans.

Hypernyms

• (subclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Crustacea – subphylum; Malacostraca – class; Eumalacostraca – subclass; Peracarida – superorder

Hyponyms

• (order): Amphilochidea, Hyperiopsidea, Ingolfiellidea, Colomastigidea, Pseudingolfiellidea, Senticaudata – suborders

References

• Amphipoda on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Amphipoda on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Amphipoda on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Amphipoda at World Register of Marine Species
• Amphipoda at BugGuide
• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. PMID 25923521, →DOI