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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Antarctica (Continents)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
289
990
2200
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
287
986
2192
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
182
708
1732
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
94
351
840
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
99
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
52
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
25
42
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
17
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Antarctica
17 Genera with 24 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18884SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Eupariambus K. H. Barnard, 1957
0SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paraproto Mayer, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Protellopsis Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudododecas McCain & Gray, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotomima McCain, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Antarctica
24 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella extensimana Laubitz, 1995
Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Caprellinoides singularis Guerra-García, 2001
Caprellinoides spinosus K.H. Barnard, 1930
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Dodecasella elegans K.H. Barnard, 1931
Dodecasella georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Paraproto condylata Haswell, 1885
Protellopsis kergueleni Stebbing, 1888
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927
Pseudododecas bowmani McCain & Gray, 1971
Pseudoprotomima hedgpethi McCain & Gray, 1971
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Antarctica
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
6
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
11
15
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caprellidae at artfakta.se
Caprellidae at biodiversity.org.au
Caprellidae at dyntaxa.se
Caprellidae at gbif.org
Caprellidae at irmng.org
Caprellidae at itis.gov
Caprellidae at marinespecies.org