aquatic animal (crustacean) similar to shrimp.

A type of very small crustacean with no carapace and generally with a laterally compressed body.

An animal belonging to the order (Amphipoda) of small crustaceans (such as a sand flea) having a thin, flattened body.

(Gk: amphi= both; podos= foot) a small crustacean with sideways compressed abdomen and two kind of limb, like sand-hoppers. Common in sediments and seaweeds.

(n) a kind of malacostracan crustacean

small crustaceans that usually live along the coastline or on the seafloor. They are a major component of the benthic community.

Small crustaceans living in or next to the water, including sand fleas and whale lice.

Small krill-like crustaceans that are part of the plankton. They are an important prey item for a number of  animals such as fishes and whales.

An order of mostly marine Crustacea containing more than 5500 species in over 100 Families. Like Isopoda, the other large order in the superorder Peracarida, members are shrimp-like in appearance, hav [..]

a type of small, aquatic

A small, shrimp-like crustacean.

<zoology> One of the Amphipoda. (01 Mar 1998)

one of a group of small sea creatures with hard body coverings, related to shrimps, crabs, and lobsters. ancestor: