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Checklist for Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
801
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
93
342
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
38
164
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
74
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
22
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
12
32
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
10
30
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for British Isles
10 Genera with 30 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183619SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
30 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 andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella horrida (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Caprella hystrix (Krøyer, 1843)⇒ Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
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
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp


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