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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Caribbean (America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1476
3860
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1471
3855
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
175
638
1349
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
77
242
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
117
259
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
49
102
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
13
25
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
10
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Caribbean
10 Genera with 14 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18952SpeciesTaxom
Fallotritella McCain, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hircella Mayer, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Caribbean
14 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & ..., 1953
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella mayeri Stebbing, 1895Hame
Fallotritella biscaynensis (McCain, 1968)⇒ Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hircella berentsae Guerra-GarcĂ­a, 2006
Metaprotella hummelincki McCain, 1968
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Caribbean
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
8
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
2
2
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