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Checklist for Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
and region Massachusetts (USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
184
460
709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
183
457
707
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
117
315
465
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
56
161
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
20
63
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
38
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
12
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
8
15
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Massachusetts
8 Genera with 15 Species
Aeginella Boeck, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 19039SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Massachusetts
15 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella geometrica (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Proaeginina norvegica Stephensen, 1931


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