An individual member or specimen of the amphipod order of crustaceans.
From 'amphipoda' + '-an' (suffix denoting membership or origin). A more singular, individualized form compared to the order name, used when discussing a single amphipod creature.
Calling a single amphipod an 'amphipodan' might sound fancy, but it's how scientists distinguish between talking about the whole group versus one individual—kind of like how 'human' differs from 'humanity'!
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