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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Indian Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
264
991
2154
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
262
988
2151
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
122
328
562
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
58
144
236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
16
49
81
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
31
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
2
12
18
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
11
14
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Indian Ocean
11 Genera with 14 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18363SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 20022SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Indian Ocean
14 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Deutella antonbruuni Guerra-García, 2002
Deutella indica Guerra-García, 2002
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Noculacia australiensis Guerra-García, 2002
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Paradeutella multispinosa Schellenberg, 1928
Paradeutella spinosa Mayer, 1903
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Indian Ocean
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
9
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