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2. Amphipoda - Wikipedia

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   Hyperiidea. Ingolfiellidea. Amphipoda(/æmˈfɪpədə/) is an orderof malacostracancrustaceanswith no carapaceand generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods (/ˈæmfɪpɒdz/) range in size from 1 to 340 millimetres (0.039 to 13 in) and are mostly detritivoresor scavengers. There are more than 9,900 amphipod species so far described.

3. Copepod - Wikipedia

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   Copepod. Copepods (/ ˈkoʊpəpɒd /; meaning "oar-feet") are a group of small crustaceans found in nearly every freshwater and saltwater habitat. Some species are planktonic (living in the water column), some are benthic (living on the sediments), several species have parasitic phases, and some continental species may live in limnoterrestrial ...

4. Cyclops (copepod) - Wikipedia

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   Cyclopshas a cosmopolitan distributionin fresh water, but is less frequent in brackish water. It lives along the plant-covered banks of stagnant and slow-flowing bodies of water, where it feeds on small fragments of plant material, animals (such as nematodes), or carrion. It swims with characteristic jerky movements.

5. Caprellidae - Wikipedia

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   Caprellidae. Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps.

6. Big-belly seahorse - Wikipedia

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   They are able to remain motionless amidst seaweed which can be useful to avoid predation. These types of habitats are preferred as they are the most productive for the seahorse’s ambush predation strategy [8] Juveniles are pelagic or attached to drifting seaweed, and adults feed on minute crustaceans like copepods and amphipods. [9]

7. Crustacean - Wikipedia

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   A shed carapace of a lady crab, part of the hard exoskeleton. Body structure of a typical crustacean – krill. The body of a crustacean is composed of segments, which are grouped into three regions: the cephalon or head, [5] the pereon or thorax, [6] and the pleon or abdomen. [7] The head and thorax may be fused together to form a ...