Amphipod Facts the LAWN SHRIMP 🦐 Animal Fact Files

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An amphipod is a member of the Amphipoda order. Amphipods are also known as lawn shrimp, however, these crustaceans are NOT shrimp! Learn more amphipod facts on this episode of Animal Fact Files! • Scientific Name: Order - Amphipoda • Range: cosmopolitan • Habitat: marine and freshwater; moist terrestrial areas • Size: less than half an inch (13 cm) to over a foot (30cm) long • Diet: detritus, algae, etc. • Threats: fish, birds, aquatic mammals, crustaceans, etc. • Lifespan: typically less than a year to reach adulthood • 🦀 MORE CRUSTACEAN FACTS ON ANIMAL FACT FILES 🦀 • Dungeness Crab Facts - • Dungeness Crab Facts: Have YOU Seen T... • Red Rock Crab Facts - • Red Rock Crab facts: but which one?? ... • Spider Crab Facts - • Spider Crab Facts: a TRUE CRAB 🦀 Anim... • ✨ Animal Fact Files Patreon Supporters get early access to videos, their requests made first, exclusive content, and more! ✨ • 👉 / animalfactfiles • There's more to learn! Exclusive videos on social media: • 🎵 TikTok - / animalfactfilesyt • 📸 Instagram - / animalfactfiles • 🐦 Twitter - / animalfactfiles • 📚 Facebook - / animalfactfiles • --- • Amphipod SHRIMP? 0:00 • Amphipod DIET and THREATS 0:51 • Amphipod APPEARANCE 1:36 • Amphipod LIFE CYCLE 2:08 • Amphipod BEHAVIOR 2:39 • Thanks! 3:29 • --- • Image and Video Credits: • Alvaro Migotto - • Crustáceo caprelídeo se alimentando • NTNU, Faculty of Natural Science - https://flickr.com/photos/92416586@N0... • Smithsonian Environmental Research Center - https://flickr.com/photos/serc_biodiv... ; https://flickr.com/photos/serc_biodiv... ; https://flickr.com/photos/serc_biodiv... ; https://flickr.com/photos/serc_biodiv... • Koraon Wongkamhaeng, Pongrat Dumrongrojwattana, Myung‐Hwa Shin - https://journals.plos.org/plosone/art... • Infraction - No Copyright Music - Freedom - • Acoustic Happy Inspirational by Infra... • Research Credits: • https://books.google.com/books?id=Cph... • https://www.marinespecies.org/amphipo... • https://www.imas.utas.edu.au/zooplank... • https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/publication... • https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/... • https://www.britannica.com/animal/amp... • https://www.dnr.state.mn.us/mcvmagazi... • https://www.lsuagcenter.com/profiles/... • #animalfactfiles • #amphipod • #lawnshrimp

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