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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Azores (Macaronesia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
142
286
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
142
286
515
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
71
130
243
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
32
62
128
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
16
43
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
21
52
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
5
13
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Azores
3 Families width 13 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps6SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice5SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Azores
5 Genera with 13 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 19986SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18343SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Azores
13 Species
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella stella Krapp-Schick..., 1998Skeleton Shrimp
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & G..., 1888
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Azores
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
1
6
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
3
5
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
1
2
Genus
Species

Taxom



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