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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
288
1145
2299
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
285
1141
2298
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
158
521
845
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
65
217
373
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
122
255
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
60
137
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
21
41
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
18
26
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 
SubfamilyCaprellinae
Leach, 1814
9
16
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


Genera for West Australia
9 Genera with 16 Species
Aciconula Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 20045SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 20043SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Australia
16 Species
Aciconula australiensis Guerra-García, 2004
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella traudlae Guerra-García, 2004
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella excentrica Mayer, 1890
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Noculacia australiensis Guerra-García, 2002
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella nana Guerra-García, 2004
Orthoprotella tuberculata Guerra-Garcí..., 2004
Paradeutella spinosa Mayer, 1903
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968


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