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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region Sydney Basin (New South Wales, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
208
614
1083
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
206
611
1080
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
111
315
558
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
67
185
304
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
24
79
140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
43
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
12
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
9
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Sydney Basin
9 Genera with 15 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18364SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19543SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Sydney Basin
15 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Cyrtophium minutum Haswell, 1879
Dodecas decacentrum Stebbing, 1910
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Leipsuropus parasiticus Haswell, 1879
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella berentsae Takeuchi & L..., 2007
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paradeutella echinata Haswell, 1880

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in Sydney Basin
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
7
12
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
2
3
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