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🦐 A small crustacean 🔬 Relating to gammarids
gammarid

gammarid

9.9
Relating to small animals like shrimp that live in fresh or sea water
  • adjective
  • /ˈɡæmərɪd/
  • Specialized
: gámaro
  • PHOTO (BLACK & WHITE): Figure 6. -- A gammarid amphipod crustacean drawn by Ruth von Arx, Figure 2, p. 214, for Bousfield (1973).
  • gammarid amphipod

Examples

  • Stomachs collected south of Point Barrow were from small whales and contained "shrimp," gammarid amphipods, or very small (<3.1 mm) copepods.

    Academic text (1995)

  • Epibenthic organisms, mostly mysids and gammarid amphipods, were also common in stomach contents, with only a small sampling of benthic species (Lowry, 1993).

    Academic text (1995)

  • The researchers discovered a new species of gammarid amphipod in the coastal waters.

  • Many gammarid amphipods play a crucial role in the aquatic food chain.

  • The study focused on the ecological impact of gammarid crustaceans in freshwater ecosystems.

Synonyms

crustacean
vsgammarid
  • Specialized
1 5.9

Relating to animals with a hard outer shell, like crabs

is limited to a single family within that class rather than the whole class

Surface Forms

gammarid positive

Morphology

gammarid = Gammaridae (opaque) = gammar + id

Adjectival use derives from the taxonomic family name and requires subject-specific knowledge of biological naming, not general morphological inference.

Etymology

Gammarid comes from the group name Gammarus and the ending -id meaning 'belonging to', so when something is called gammarid it means it is like or belongs to those small, shrimp-like crustaceans.