amphipod
两栖动物,双足动物,两足动物,两栖类动物
Definitions
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- : any of numerous small, flat-bodied crustaceans of the group Amphipoda, including the beach fleas, sand hoppers, etc.
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- : of or relating to the amphipods.
Examples
For the Baikal seals, there may be big benefits to hunting amphipods.
He also wants to study the animals’ winter diet, since he thinks amphipods may be gathering underneath the lake’s winter ice, potentially providing a reliable, dense feast for hungry seals.
When Blum and his colleagues collected snailfish and shrimp-like amphipods from depths of about 19,685 to 33,628 feet, they found high concentrations of mercury in the creatures' tissues.
She and her colleagues collected shrimp-like amphipods from a nearby stream.
In fact, almost half the amphipods had plastic in their guts.
Melita nitida is a smaller slate-colored amphipod found in some places; another is Mra levis, which is whitish, with black eyes.
Maury has described certain amphipod crustaceans which also inhabit the Salp.
Dollo's comparison of the Cyclopygid to the huge-eyed modern amphipod Cystosoma is instructive.
They are also found in some of the semi-terrestrial and purely aquatic Amphipod Crustaceans.
One of these last, the Chelura terebrans, a little Amphipod, constitutes a great danger for the works of man.