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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
162
609
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
88
267
415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
28
122
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
12
60
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
15
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
12
18
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Melanesia
12 Genera with 18 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paradicaprella Hirayama, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 20162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
18 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella hummelincki McCain, 1968
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Paradicaprella brucei Hirayama, 1990
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudoproto papua Guerra-García, 2003
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988
Quadrisegmentum yirrgay Hughes & Tak..., 2016

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Melanesia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
5
6
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