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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Cape Peninsula (Western Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
136
305
388
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
135
304
387
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
67
137
145
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
26
44
43
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
11
22
20
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
16
12
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
4
5
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Cape Peninsula
3 Families width 5 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps3SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice1SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18141SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Cape Peninsula
4 Genera with 5 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18142SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19161SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Cape Peninsula
5 Species
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Podocerus africanus K.H. Barnard, 1916

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Cape Peninsula
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
2
3
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom



Links, sources and further information
Caprelloidea at artfakta.se
Caprelloidea at biodiversity.org.au
Caprelloidea at itis.gov
Caprelloidea at marinespecies.org