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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region East Australia (Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
367
1854
5169
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
365
1849
5159
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
209
944
2446
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
106
440
1055
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
45
209
545
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
103
285
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
33
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
27
47
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Australia
27 Genera with 47 Species
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Aciconula Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 18368SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hircella Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Jigurru Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Liriarchus Mayer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18983SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Notoprotomima Takeuchi & L..., 20151SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19546SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paraproto Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprellicana Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotomima McCain, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19882SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Australia
47 Species
Aciconula australiensis Guerra-García, 2004
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella inermis (Grube, 1864)⇒ Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Cyrtophium minutum Haswell, 1879
Dodecas decacentrum Stebbing, 1910
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Dodecas tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hircella berentsae Guerra-García, 2006
Hircella cornigera Haswell, 1880
Hircella inermis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Jigurru vailhoggett Guerra-García, 2006
Leipsuropus parasiticus Haswell, 1879
Liriarchus perplexus Mayer, 1912
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella haswelliana Mayer, 1882
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Notoprotomima smithi Takeuchi & L..., 2015
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella berentsae Takeuchi & L..., 2007
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Orthoprotella mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916
Orthoprotella pearce Guerra-García, 2006
Orthoprotella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paradeutella echinata Haswell, 1880
Paraproto condylata Haswell, 1885
Paraproto spinosa Haswell, 1885
Paraproto tasmaniensis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Perotripus keablei Guerra-García, 2006
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudoprellicana johnsoni Guerra-García, 2006
Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, 1903
Pseudoprotomima grandimana Guerra-García, 2004
Quadrisegmentum lowryi Guerra-García, 2006
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in East Australia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
13
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
13
20
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