Wikispecies:This week's featured article/January 4, 2007

Amphipoda is an order of animals that includes over 7000 described species of small, shrimp-like crustaceans. Most amphipods are marine, although a few live in freshwater or are terrestrial. Marine amphipods may be pelagic (living in the water column) or benthic (living on the ocean bottom). Pelagic amphipods are eaten by seabirds, fish and marine mammals. Terrestrial amphipods such as sand fleas can often be seen amongst grains of sand and pebbles or on beaches.(more...)