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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region British Columbia (West Canada, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
173
460
925
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
169
455
910
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
109
309
585
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
59
189
397
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
23
81
195
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
36
103
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
13
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Columbia
3 Families width 40 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps31SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice7SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18142SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Columbia
13 Genera with 40 Species
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187122SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18726SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoliropus Laubitz, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Columbia
40 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella pilidigita Laubitz, 1970
Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus monodontis Lutken, 1870
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Dulichia rhabdoplastis McCloskey, 1970
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Metacaprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Pseudoliropus vanus Laubitz, 1970
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in British Columbia
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
3
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
2
2
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