Order of scuds or sideswimmers (in arthropod subphylum Crustacea, class Malacostraca) lacking a carapace, having uniramous thoracopods and a small telson that projects from the abdomen and is narrower than the body.
POLLUTION TOLERANCE
Less Sensitive
Diagnostic Characters
Order
2 Pairs of Antennae
Body Hardened on Outside
Carapace Absent
Compressed Body
Narrow Telson
Over 3 Pairs of Jointed, Unbranched Legs
+ Expanded Character List
lacking a carapace, having uniramous thoracopods and a small telson that projects from the abdomen and is narrower than the body.
Media
Amphipoda Family Key
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