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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
375
1949
5357
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
372
1943
5351
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
205
942
2057
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
95
442
958
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
35
191
486
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
14
89
221
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
28
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
24
41
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Polynesia
24 Genera with 41 Species
#CDFHMNOPQ
Caprella Lamarck, 190313SpeciesTaxom
Caprellaporema Guerra-García, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18492SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19712SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard, 1931
0SpeciesTaxom
Fallotritella McCain, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hircella Mayer, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Paraproto Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 20061SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19903SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprellicana Guerra-García, 20061SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotomima McCain, 19691SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 19881SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Polynesia
41 Species
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903
Caprellaporema subantarctica Guerra-García, 2003
Caprellina bispinosa Müller, 1990
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella vemae McCain & Gray, 1971
Dodecas tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
Fallotritella polynesica (Müller, 1990)⇒ Pseudaeginella polynesica Müller, 1990
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hircella berentsae Guerra-García, 2006
Hircella inermis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Noculacia australiensis Guerra-García, 2002
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paraproto tasmaniensis Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Perotripus keablei Guerra-García, 2006
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudaeginella campbellensis Guerra-García, 2003
Pseudaeginella polynesica Müller, 1990
Pseudoprellicana johnsoni Guerra-García, 2006
Pseudoprotomima hurleyi McCain, 1969
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Polynesia
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
12
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
12
14
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