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Checklist for Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
and region Atlantic Ocean (World Oceans)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
359
1638
4948
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
356
1632
4934
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
795
1984
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
94
338
721
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
26
114
258
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
55
146
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
19
48
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
16
34
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
10
23
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Atlantic Ocean
10 Genera with 23 Species
Aeginella Boeck, 20181SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183614SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Thorina Stephensen, 1944
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Atlantic Ocean
23 Species
Aeginella corallina Zettler, Fre..., 2018
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella macho (Schurin, 1935)⇒ Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella spinosissima
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp


Links, sources and further information
Caprellinae at biodiversity.org.au
Caprellinae at marinespecies.org