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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Sweden (Scandinavia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
270
983
2084
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
267
973
2072
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
151
554
1216
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
70
272
644
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
27
113
282
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
57
141
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
16
32
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
17
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sweden
8 Genera with 17 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183610SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sweden
17 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella loveni (accepted as ..., 1838)⇒ Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella punctata Boeck, 1861
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Proto pedata (Leach, 1814)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Sweden
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
6
15
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