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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Papua New Guinea (Melanesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
246
1090
2530
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
245
1089
2527
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
102
259
323
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
56
132
127
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
19
58
56
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
36
38
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
2
10
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Papua New Guinea
8 Genera with 9 Species
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 20162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Papua New Guinea
9 Species
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
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 Papua New Guinea
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
4
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
4
5
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