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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Canada (North America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
266
930
2257
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
260
922
2236
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
152
595
1485
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
74
335
957
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
27
133
421
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
63
218
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
24
83
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Canada
3 Families width 83 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps55SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice13SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181415SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Canada
24 Genera with 83 Species
#ABCDIMNOPT
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Aeginella Boeck, 18612SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187133SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cercops Krøyer, 18432SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 187210SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 19777SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiopsis Laubitz, 19771SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18575SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19152SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19541SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18791SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoliropus Laubitz, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Canada
83 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aeginella longicornis Krøyer, 1843
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina aenigmatica Laubitz, 1972
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
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 pilidigitata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Cercops holboelli Krøyer, 1843
Cercops holbolli Krøyer, 1843
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus mesorubraedon Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus monodontis Lutken, 1870
Cyamus nodosus Lutken, 1861
Cyamus orubraedon Waller, 1989
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Dulichia falcata Bate, 1857
Dulichia monacantha (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dulichia porrecta (Bate, 1857)⇒ Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Dulichia rhabdoplastis McCloskey, 1970
Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichia wolffi Laubitz, 1977
Dulichiopsis barnardi Laubitz, 1977
Dyopedos arcticus Murdoch, 1885
Dyopedos bispinis Gurjanova, 1930
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Metacaprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Platycyamus flaviscutatus Waller, 1989
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Pseudoliropus vanus Laubitz, 1970
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Canada
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
14
55
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
5
13
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
5
15
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