amphipoda

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small flat-bodied semi-terrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp
The beach flea is an example
See Tetradecapoda and Arthrostraca
A numerous group of fourteen footed Crustacea, inhabiting both fresh and salt water
The body is usually compressed laterally, and the anterior pairs or legs are directed downward and forward, but the posterior legs are usually turned upward and backward
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