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Species: | P. hawaiensis
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Parhyale hawaiensis Dana, 1853
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Parhyale hawaiensis is an amphipod crustacean species that is used in developmental and genetic analyses. It is categorized as an emerging model organism as the main biological techniques necessary for the study of an organism have been established.