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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
204
568
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
200
563
990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
118
348
615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
61
212
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
24
92
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
42
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
14
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
7
21
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for East Canada
7 Genera with 21 Species
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190312SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Canada
21 Species
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina aenigmatica Laubitz, 1972
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in East Canada
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
6
20
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