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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
560
3291
13093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
547
3256
13030
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
295
1773
7951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
144
774
3240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
64
373
1794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
128
518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
44
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
28
87
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Europe
28 Genera with 87 Species
#ACDLMOPS
Aciconula Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187150SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 20184SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Pedoculina Carausu, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Protellina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Selvacaprella1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
87 Species and 2 Subspecies
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 andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863
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 dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
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 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 penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella punctata Boeck, 1861
Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella spinosissima
Caprella stella Krapp-Schick..., 1998Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella tavolarensis Sturaro & Gu..., 2012
Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
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
Liropus elongatus Mayer, 1890
Liropus minimus Mayer, 1890
Liropus vitucoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Liropus willyi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
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
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
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
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudolirius kroyerii (Haller, 1879)⇒ Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Selvacaprella jimenoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Europe
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
22
81
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
4
3
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