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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region USA (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
471
2820
10434
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
459
2798
10382
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
242
1421
4897
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
121
659
2475
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
47
284
1234
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
129
550
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
44
147
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
30
98
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for USA
30 Genera with 98 Species
#ACDFHLMNPT
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Aeginella Boeck, 18431SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187153SpeciesTaxom
Cercops Krøyer, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19715SpeciesTaxom
Fallotritella McCain, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Hemiproto McCain, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Liriarchus Mayer, 19121SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 20131SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19684SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Paraprotella Mayer, 1903
0SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Protellopsis Stebbing, 19081SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19721SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj, 19271SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoliropus Laubitz, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Thorina Stephensen, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 19534SpeciesTaxom


Species list for USA
98 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aeginella longicornis Krøyer, 1843
Aeginina echinata (Boeck) accep..., 1843)⇒ Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Caprella augusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Caprella geometrica (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Le..., 1974
Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
Caprella greenleyi McCain, 1969
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864)⇒ Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella pilidigitata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & ..., 1953
Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella simia Mayer, 1903Amphipod
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cercops compactus Laubitz, 1970
Cercops holboelli Krøyer, 1843
Cercops holbolli Krøyer, 1843
Deutella abracadabra
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella mayeri Stebbing, 1895Hame
Deutella vemae McCain & Gray, 1971
Fallotritella biscaynensis (McCain, 1968)⇒ Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Hemiproto wigleyi McCain, 1968
Liriarchus perplexus Mayer, 1912
Liropus minusculus Guerra-Garcí..., 2013Skeleton shrimp
Mayerella acanthopoda Benedict, 1977
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Mayerella redunca McCain, 1968
Metacaprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Metaprotella hummelincki McCain, 1968
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Noculacia australiensis Guerra-García, 2002
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Proaeginina norvegica Stephensen, 1931
Protellopsis stebbingi (Pearse, 1908)⇒ Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Protoaeginella muriculata Laubitz & Mills, 1972
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudocaprellina pambanensis Sundara Raj, 1927
Pseudoliropus vanus Laubitz, 1970
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Thorina elongata Laubitz & Mills, 1972
Thorina maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915)⇒ Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella ornata Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890
Tritella tenuissima Dougherty & ..., 1953

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in USA
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
24
90
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyParacercopinae
Vassilenko, 1972
1
3
Genus
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
5
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