Parhyale hawaiensis

Parhyale hawaiensis
Adult male
Feeding on a slice of carrot
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Hyalidae
Genus:	Parhyale
Species:	P. hawaiensis
Binomial name
Parhyale hawaiensis Dana, 1853

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.