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Checklist for Family Caprellidae Leach, 1814 (Ghost shrimps)
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
383
1636
4503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
379
1629
4494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
190
796
2279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
89
325
874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
34
160
500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
71
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
23
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
13
31
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Europe
13 Genera with 31 Species
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183619SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
31 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acanthifera discrepans Mayer, 1890
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
Caprella macho (Schurin, 1935)⇒ Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Parvipalpus major Carausu, 1941
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Proto ventricosa (Müller, 1776)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Protoaeginella spinipoda Laubitz & Sorbe, 1996
Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprellidae with occurrences in West Europe
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
10
28
Genera
Species

Taxom

SubfamilyPhtisicinae
Vassilenko, 1968
2
2
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