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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Asia (Eurasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
462
3450
17837
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
457
3443
17823
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
234
1428
6124
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
110
466
1384
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
46
240
787
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
101
279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
37
105
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
34
87
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Asia
34 Genera with 87 Species
#ACDHLMNOPQT
Abyssododecas1SpeciesTaxom
Aciconula Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190345SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Heterocaprella Arimoto, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18984SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Monoliropus Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Paedaridium Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Paraprotella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Propodalirius Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Protoplesius Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 20172SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Thorina Stephensen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Triliropus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Triperopus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Tropicaprella Guerra-Garcí..., 20031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Asia
87 Species and 2 Subspecies
Abyssododecas styx Takeuchi, To..., 2016
Aciconula miranda Mayer, 1903
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943
Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993
Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947
Caprella bispinosa Mayer, 1903
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
Caprella hirayamai Guerra-Garcí..., 2003
Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943
Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986
Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849
Caprella kuroshio Mori, 1999
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella rhopalochir Mayer, 1903
Caprella sabineae Guerra-Garcí..., 2003
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella scaura diceros (Mayer, 1890)⇒ Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
Caprella scaura hamata (Utinomi, 1947)⇒ Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
Caprella takedai Aoki & Ito, 2012
Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
Caprella utinomii
Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Heterocaprella clavigera Arimoto, 1976
Leipsuropus astericolus Ariyama, 2012
Leipsuropus hongi Ariyama, 2012
Liropus japonicus Mori, 1995
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella haswelliana Mayer, 1882
Metaprotella problematica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Monoliropus agilis Mayer, 1903
Monoliropus falcimanus Mayer, 1904
Monoliropus hapipandi Guerra-García, 2004
Noculacia bullata Mayer, 1903
Orthoprotella spinigera Mori, 1996
Paedaridium miserum Mayer, 1903
Paracaprella crassa Mayer, 1903
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paradeutella bidentata Mayer, 1890
Paradeutella multispinosa Schellenberg, 1928
Paraprotella prima Mayer, 1903
Paraprotella secunda Mayer, 1903
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Propodalirius insolitus Mayer, 1903
Protella amamiensis Takeuchi , J..., 2014
Protella gracilis Dana, 1853
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Protogeton incertus Mayer, 1903
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Protoplesius enigma Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella carinaspinosa Shin, Lee, H..., 2023Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella telukrimau Lim, Azman, ..., 2017
Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, 1903
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988
Thorina maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915)⇒ Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Triliropus uncinatus Mayer, 1903
Triperopus mirus Mayer, 1903
Tropicaprella minuta Guerra-Garcí..., 2003

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Asia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
23
76
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
10
10
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