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Checklist for Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
and region Rottnest Island (West Australia, Australia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
39
69
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
39
69
89
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
31
60
77
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
15
31
39
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
9
20
26
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
5
14
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
1
8
9
Family
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
9
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
3
4
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for Rottnest Island
3 Genera with 4 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 20042SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Rottnest Island
4 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella traudlae Guerra-García, 2004
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Orthoprotella nana Guerra-García, 2004


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