amphipod

American  

[am-fuh-pod] / ˈæm fəˌpɒd /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of or relating to the amphipods.

amphipod British  

/ ˈæmfɪˌpɒd /

noun

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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Amphipoda

Etymology

Origin of amphipod

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

Example Sentences

This includes tiny shrimp-like amphipods in the whales’ summer feeding grounds in the Arctic.

From Los Angeles Times

The rocks are densely covered by Bathymodiolus mussels, tube worms, shrimp, amphipods, and vivid purple sea cucumbers.

From Science Daily

The amphipod was discovered at a depth of 2,602 meters in a mussel bed within the Galápagos Rift hydrothermal vent fields.

From Science Daily

Declining prey, including tiny shrimp-like amphipods, in the whales’ summer feeding grounds in the Arctic probably caused by warming water are thought to be a major contributor to their starvation deaths and reduced birth rates.

From Los Angeles Times

“Often they feed by diving to the bottom and sifting big gulps of sediment through their baleen, consuming the amphipods in great numbers,” Milstein said.

From Los Angeles Times