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Order Amphipoda (Beach hoppers)
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Arthropoda
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Malacostraca
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Amphipoda
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Sebidae
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Sicafodiidae
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Sinurothoidae
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Sophrosynidae
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Stegocephalidae
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Stenothoidae
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Stilipedidae
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Synopiidae
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Temnophliantidae
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Thamneidae
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Thoriellidae
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Thurstonellidae
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Trischizostomatidae
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Tryphanidae
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Tryphosidae
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Tulearidae
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Typhlogammaridae
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Unciolidae
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Uristidae
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Urohaustoriidae
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Urothoidae
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Valettidae
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Valettiopsidae
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Vemanidae
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Vibiliidae
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0
Vicmusiidae
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Vitjazianidae
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Wandinidae
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Zaramillidae
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Zobrachoidae
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Vernacular names for order Amphipoda
Language
Name
Source
Dutch; Flemish
vlokreeften
Worms
English
beach hoppers, sand hoppers, scuds and relatives, amphipods
Worms
,
Worms
,
Worms
,
Worms
German
Flachkrebse, Flohkrebse
Worms
,
Worms
Japanese
端脚
Worms
Swedish
märlkräftor
Worms
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