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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
355
1779
4768
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
352
1773
4760
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
829
1772
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
97
396
727
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
28
133
250
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
12
70
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
21
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
18
38
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Pacific Ocean
18 Genera with 38 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190318SpeciesTaxom
Caprellaporema Guerra-García, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hircella Mayer, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Mayericaprella Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19162SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paraproto Mayer, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Pacific Ocean
38 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella simia Mayer, 1903Amphipod
Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
Caprellaporema subantarctica Guerra-García, 2003
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Dodecas tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hircella berentsae Guerra-García, 2006
Leipsuropus parasiticus Haswell, 1879
Mayericaprella arimotoi Guerra-García, 2006
Metaprotella haswelliana Mayer, 1882
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Orthoprotella mayeri K.H. Barnard, 1916
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paradeutella echinata Haswell, 1880
Paraproto spinosa Haswell, 1885
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Pacific Ocean
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
11
30
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
7
8
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