"Amphipoda" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D033304
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B01.050.500.131.365.055
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| Concept/Terms |
Amphipoda- Amphipoda
- Amphipodas
- Amphipods
- Amphipod
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Amphipoda" by people in Profiles.
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Benito JB, Porter ML, Niemiller ML. Comparative mitogenomic analysis of subterranean and surface amphipods (Crustacea, Amphipoda) with special reference to the family Crangonyctidae. BMC Genomics. 2024 Mar 20; 25(1):298.
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Biland?ija H, Laslo M, Porter ML, Fong DW. Melanization in response to wounding is ancestral in arthropods and conserved in albino cave species. Sci Rep. 2017 12 07; 7(1):17148.