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Checklist for Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
and region Japan (East Asia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
337
1830
5827
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
335
1828
5824
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
158
626
1665
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
74
207
416
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
30
101
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
40
99
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
17
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
14
45
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
12
44
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Japan
12 Genera with 44 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 187134SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Heterocaprella Arimoto, 19761SpeciesTaxom
Leipsuropus Stebbing, 20121SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 19951SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18981SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Paraprotella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19033SpeciesTaxom
Thorina Stephensen, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Triperopus Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Japan
44 Species and 2 Subspecies
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943
Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967
Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993
Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943
Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986
Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849
Caprella kuroshio Mori, 1999
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella sabineae Guerra-Garcí..., 2003
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella scaura diceros (Mayer, 1890)⇒ Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
Caprella scaura hamata (Utinomi, 1947)⇒ Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
Caprella takedai Aoki & Ito, 2012
Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Heterocaprella clavigera Arimoto, 1976
Leipsuropus astericolus Ariyama, 2012
Liropus japonicus Mori, 1995
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Orthoprotella spinigera Mori, 1996
Paracaprella crassa Mayer, 1903
Paraprotella secunda Mayer, 1903
Protella amamiensis Takeuchi , J..., 2014
Protella gracilis Dana, 1853
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Thorina maldivensis (Borradaile, 1915)⇒ Thinora maldivensis Borradaile, 1915
Triperopus mirus Mayer, 1903


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