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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Spain (Iberian Peninsula)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
290
895
2138
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
289
893
2133
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
158
514
1304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
74
202
495
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
28
95
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
39
78
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
13
27
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
10
24
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Spain
10 Genera with 24 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183613SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 20183SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pedoculina Carausu, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Selvacaprella1SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Spain
24 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Liropus elongatus Mayer, 1890
Liropus vitucoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Liropus willyi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Parvipalpina verrucosa Stephensen, 1944
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Pedoculina bacescui Carausu, 1940
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Selvacaprella jimenoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Spain
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
8
22
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
1
1
Genus
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