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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
613
5026
27212
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
598
4987
27139
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
314
2384
12170
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
154
971
4402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
69
508
2517
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
14
175
713
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
66
234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
50
158
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Eurasia
50 Genera with 158 Species
#ACDHLMNOPQST
Abyssododecas1SpeciesTaxom
Aciconula Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190384SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Heterocaprella Arimoto, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 20122SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 20185SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18985SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Monoliropus Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19963SpeciesTaxom
Paedaridium Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 19282SpeciesTaxom
Paraprotella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Pedoculina Carausu, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 1953
0SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Propodalirius Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19034SpeciesTaxom
Protellina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Protoplesius Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18883SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19881SpeciesTaxom
Selvacaprella1SpeciesTaxom
Thorina Stephensen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Triliropus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Triperopus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Tropicaprella Guerra-Garcí..., 20031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Eurasia
158 Species and 4 Subspecies
Abyssododecas styx Takeuchi, To..., 2016
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aciconula miranda Mayer, 1903
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acanthifera acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella acanthifera discrepans Mayer, 1890
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
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 calva Spence Bate, 1863
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella danilewskii Czerniavski, 1868
Caprella dentata (Haller, 1880)⇒ Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
Caprella hirayamai Guerra-Garcí..., 2003
Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
Caprella horrida (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Caprella hystrix (Krøyer, 1843)⇒ Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
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 laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella laticornis (Boeck, 1861)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schick..., 1987
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
Caprella loveni (accepted as ..., 1838)⇒ Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella macho (Schurin, 1935)⇒ Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
Caprella monocera G.O.Sars, 1894
Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella punctata Boeck, 1861
Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
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 spinosissima
Caprella stella Krapp-Schick..., 1998Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
Caprella takedai Aoki & Ito, 2012
Caprella tavolarensis Sturaro & Gu..., 2012
Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella utinomii
Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Cyrtophium darwinii Spence Bate, 1857
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella mazatlanensis Alarcón-Orte..., 2019
Deutella schieckei Cavedini, 1982
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Heterocaprella clavigera Arimoto, 1976
Leipsuropus astericolus Ariyama, 2012
Leipsuropus hongi Ariyama, 2012
Liropus elongatus Mayer, 1890
Liropus japonicus Mori, 1995
Liropus minimus Mayer, 1890
Liropus vitucoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Liropus willyi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
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 australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Orthoprotella spinigera Mori, 1996
Paedaridium miserum Mayer, 1903
Paracaprella alata 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
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpina verrucosa Stephensen, 1944
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Parvipalpus linea Mayer, 1890
Parvipalpus major Carausu, 1941
Pedoculina bacescui Carausu, 1940
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Proaeginina norvegica Stephensen, 1931
Propodalirius insolitus Mayer, 1903
Protella amamiensis Takeuchi , J..., 2014
Protella gracilis Dana, 1853
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Protellina ingolfi Stephensen, 1944
Proto pedata (Leach, 1814)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Proto ventricosa (Müller, 1776)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Protoaeginella spinipoda Laubitz & Sorbe, 1996
Protogeton incertus Mayer, 1903
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Protoplesius enigma Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella carinaspinosa Shin, Lee, H..., 2023Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella telukrimau Lim, Azman, ..., 2017
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927
Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudolirius kroyerii (Haller, 1879)⇒ Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudoproto fallax Mayer, 1903
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988
Selvacaprella jimenoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
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 Eurasia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
34
142
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
13
12
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