Amphipoda

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-000317",
  "term": "Amphipoda",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "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, have sessile compound eyes, and no carapace. But unlike Isopoda, they possess thoracic gills and their bodies are laterally compressed.",
  "synonyms": [
    "amphipods",
    "scuds (Amphipoda)"
  ],
  "subject": "Taxonomic Hierarchy",
  "see_also": [
    "Malacostraca",
    "Hyalidae",
    "Crangonyctidae",
    "Caprellidae",
    "Talitridae",
    "Corophiidae",
    "Gammaridae",
    "Hyalellidae"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "Amphipoda"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/amphipoda/"
}