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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
255
733
1399
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
254
732
1392
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
156
472
859
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
84
253
484
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
29
97
197
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
11
47
108
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
14
40
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for California
3 Families width 40 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps26SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice6SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18148SpeciesTaxom


Genera for California
14 Genera with 40 Species
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187117SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18724SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18753SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 19533SpeciesTaxom


Species list for California
40 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Le..., 1974
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
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 pilipalma Dougherty & ..., 1953
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Dulichia rhabdoplastis McCloskey, 1970
Dyopedos arcticus Murdoch, 1885
Dyopedos bispinis Gurjanova, 1930
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Mayerella acanthopoda Benedict, 1977
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus danae Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus spongicolus Alderman, 1936
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890
Tritella tenuissima Dougherty & ..., 1953

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in California
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
26
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
3
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
3
8
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