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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region United Kingdom (British Isles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
338
1230
3045
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
331
1214
3020
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
180
693
1788
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
81
303
796
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
37
160
423
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
72
205
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
21
51
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
11
28
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for United Kingdom
11 Genera with 28 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183616SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for United Kingdom
28 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella hystrix (Krøyer, 1843)⇒ Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Cyrtophium darwinii Spence Bate, 1857
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
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 United Kingdom
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
9
26
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