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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
490
2361
7068
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
480
2331
7026
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
265
1335
4300
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
130
649
2194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
58
306
1025
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
111
400
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
34
114
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
21
57
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for North Europe
21 Genera with 57 Species
#ACDMOP
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187135SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Protellina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for North Europe
57 Species
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
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 dentata (Haller, 1880)⇒ Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
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 linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella loveni (accepted as ..., 1838)⇒ Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
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 scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella spinosissima
Caprella stella Krapp-Schick..., 1998Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Cyrtophium darwinii Spence Bate, 1857
Deutella mazatlanensis Alarcón-Orte..., 2019
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpina verrucosa Stephensen, 1944
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
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
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in North Europe
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
17
53
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
3
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