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Definition of amphipod
: any of a large order (Amphipoda) of small crustaceans (such as the sand flea) with a laterally compressed body
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Cystisoma belong to a suborder of marine crustaceans called hyperiid amphipods, which live in every ocean, from just below the surface to right near the floor.
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The researches sent small probes to the depths of these trenches to capture the small animals, called amphipods, that live there.
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But some tiny marine animals, such as some hyperiid amphipods, clearly come out ahead.
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The only life Cameron saw at that depth were some tiny amphipods, shrimplike bottom feeders.
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Origin and Etymology of amphipod
ultimately from Greek amphi- + pod-, pous foot — more at foot
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