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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region California (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
255
733
1399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
254
732
1392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
156
472
859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
84
253
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
97
197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
11
47
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
14
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for California
8 Genera with 26 Species
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187117SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 19533SpeciesTaxom


Species list for California
26 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Le..., 1974
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & ..., 1953
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Mayerella acanthopoda Benedict, 1977
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890
Tritella tenuissima Dougherty & ..., 1953

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in California
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
7
25
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
1
1
Genus
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