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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region British Isles (North Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
360
1365
3514
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
353
1349
3488
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
195
801
2140
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
93
342
964
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
38
164
464
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
74
227
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
22
62
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for British Isles
3 Families width 62 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps32SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice11SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181419SpeciesTaxom


Genera for British Isles
22 Genera with 62 Species
#ACDILMOPSX
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183619SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18347SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18362SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18148SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19741SpeciesTaxom
Xenodice Boeck, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for British Isles
62 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella horrida (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Caprella hystrix (Krøyer, 1843)⇒ Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus globicipitis (Lütken, 1870)⇒ Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Cyrtophium darwinii Spence Bate, 1857
Dulichia falcata Bate, 1857
Dulichia monacantha (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dulichia porrecta (Bate, 1857)⇒ Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus armatus (Norman, 1869)⇒ Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cumbrensis (Stebbing & R..., 1891)⇒ Microjassa cumbrensis Stebbing & R..., 1891
Podocerus dentex Czerniavsky, 1868
Podocerus falcatus Montagu, 1808
Podocerus isopus Walker, 1889
Podocerus manawatu J.L. Barnard, 1972
Podocerus pelagica
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Proto pedata (Leach, 1814)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Scutocyamus parvus Lincoln & Hu..., 1974
Xenodice frauenfeldti Boeck, 1871

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in British Isles
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
12
32
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
4
11
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
6
19
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