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Antarctic giant amphipod

(Image credit: ANT-XXIII/8 Polarstern expedition. Photo by Cédric d'Udekem d'Acoz.)

A giant Antarctic amphipod measuring 4 inches (100 mm) long found off the Antarctic Peninsula

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Stephanie Pappas
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Stephanie Pappas is a contributing writer for Live Science, covering topics ranging from geoscience to archaeology to the human brain and behavior. She was previously a senior writer for Live Science but is now a freelancer based in Denver, Colorado, and regularly contributes to Scientific American and The Monitor, the monthly magazine of the American Psychological Association. Stephanie received a bachelor's degree in psychology from the University of South Carolina and a graduate certificate in science communication from the University of California, Santa Cruz.