Um, yeah. As much as "amphipod" sounds kinda like "amphibian", they are not actually the same thing. But the people at Amphipod Running Products probably didn't want their logo to look like this:
Pic from here
Although, I gotta say it's a lot more interesting than a frog.
I'm guessing they just wanted a cute version of amphibian pod because most of their products are water holders (pods?). Most amphipods come in the mm range. The fist sized are much rarer monsters.
I'm sure the intention was one thing, but picking an existing organism name and using a different organism as a logo is just odd. Granted, only a handful of geeks are going to recognize the discrepancy, but still.
And yes, I used an extreme example of an amphipod to make a point. There are actually "cute" onces out there. If you're into that kind of thing.
In a similar vein, I'm appalled at the number of children's books with badly misrepresented animals - like bees with stingers on their noses (a mosq-bee-to?).
c'mon, that thing is totally fast, right?
Yeah...it's kind of fail. But I LOVE the amphibod products.
Thatte's a motherfucken hugeasse amphipodde!
Amphipods are adorable and much distinctive than another frog logo. They should definitely make this change AND pay you royalties for logo design.