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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Alaska (West USA, USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
215
566
1171
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
213
564
1168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
120
336
755
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
69
215
524
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
87
220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
36
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
12
46
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Alaska
3 Families width 46 Species
Cyamidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Whale lice5SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps34SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18147SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Alaska
12 Genera with 46 Species
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190323SpeciesTaxom
Cercops Krøyer, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiopsis Laubitz, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18851SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Alaska
46 Species
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Cercops compactus Laubitz, 1970
Cercops holboelli Krøyer, 1843
Cercops holbolli Krøyer, 1843
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Dulichia artica Murdoch, 1885
Dulichia rhabdoplastis McCloskey, 1970
Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichiopsis barnardi Laubitz, 1977
Dulichiopsis remis J.L. Barnard, 1964
Dyopedos arcticus Murdoch, 1885
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Metacaprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Tritella ornata Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Alaska
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
6
34
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
2
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
4
7
Genera
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caprelloidea at artfakta.se
Caprelloidea at biodiversity.org.au
Caprelloidea at itis.gov
Caprelloidea at marinespecies.org