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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Cape (Republic South Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
242
727
1187
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
240
725
1182
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
134
373
604
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
59
147
209
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
25
76
113
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
36
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
11
15
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape
3 Families width 15 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps8SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice4SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape
11 Genera with 15 Species
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape
15 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Dodecas hexacentrum Mayer, 1903
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus purus Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus africanus K.H. Barnard, 1916
Podocerus capillimanus Nicholls, 1938

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Cape
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
6
8
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
3
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
2
3
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