Caprelloidea (Leach 1814), Skeleton shrimp ⇒ Taxonomy and Distribution of Superfamily

Ants	Arachnids
Bees	Beetles
Booklice	Bugs
Bumblebees	Butterflies
Cicadas	Crane flies
Dragonflies	Earwigs
Flies	Isopods
Locusts	Mantises
Mayflies	Mosquitoes
Myriapods	Net-winged
Plant-parasitic	Scorpion flies
Termites	Wasps

INSECTOIDGERENGDARK LIGHT

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Taxonomy of Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	1033 12148 92586	Families Genera Species
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	995 11546 91261	Families Genera Species
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	562 6179 46428	Families Genera Species
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	286 2974 19848	Families Genera Species
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	126 1479 10491	Families Genera Species
Infraorder	Corophiida Leach, 1814	29 428 3289	Families Genera Species
Superfamily	Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice	10 149 908	Families Genera Species

Subnodes of Caprelloidea Leach, 1814

Family	Caprellidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	113 632	Genera Species
Family	Caprellinoididae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko, 1966	1 3	Genus Species
Family	Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 Whale lice, Whale louse´	12 52	Genera Species
Family	Dulichiidae Dana, 1849	4 4	Genera Species
Family	Paracercopidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Pariambidae Leach, 1814 ⇒ Paracercopidae Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	1 3	Genus Species
Family	Phtisicidae Leach, 1814 ⇒ Paracercopidae Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	0 0	Genera Species
Family	Podoceridae Leach, 1814	18 214	Genera Species
Family	Protellidae Leach, 1814 ⇒ Paracercopidae Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	0 0	Genera Species

Synonyms

Caprellidea (Leach, 1814)

Native, vernacular names and spellings of Caprelloidea

English

Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice

Distribution and Species lists of Caprelloidea Leach, 1814

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Algeria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAngola
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesArgentina
3 Families  11 Genera  15 SpeciesAustralia
3 Families  45 Genera  133 SpeciesBahamas
3 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesBelgium
3 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesBrazil
3 Families  14 Genera  23 SpeciesBulgaria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCanada
3 Families  24 Genera  83 SpeciesCape Verde
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesChile
4 Families  14 Genera  25 SpeciesChina
1 Families  2 Genera  11 SpeciesColombia
4 Families  9 Genera  15 SpeciesCook Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesCosta Rica
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCroatia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesCuba
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesDenmark
3 Families  15 Genera  30 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEast Timor
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesEcuador
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesEgypt
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesFiji
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesFinland
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesFrance
3 Families  15 Genera  32 SpeciesGambia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGeorgia
2 Families  6 Genera  5 SpeciesGermany
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesGreece
2 Families  8 Genera  15 SpeciesGuatemala
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  9 Genera  12 SpeciesIndia
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesIndonesia
1 Families  9 Genera  9 SpeciesIreland
3 Families  9 Genera  21 SpeciesIsrael
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesItaly
3 Families  14 Genera  36 SpeciesJapan
3 Families  17 Genera  57 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesKiribati
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesMadagascar
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesMalawi
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesMalaysia
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesMalta
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMarshall Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesMexico
4 Families  11 Genera  23 SpeciesMicronesia
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesMonaco
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMorocco
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMozambique
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNamibia
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesNetherlands
3 Families  12 Genera  24 SpeciesNew Zealand
3 Families  23 Genera  41 SpeciesNorth Korea
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorway
4 Families  26 Genera  82 SpeciesPakistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPanama
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
2 Families  10 Genera  10 SpeciesPeru
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesPhilippines
1 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesPoland
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPortugal
3 Families  7 Genera  18 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
3 Families  21 Genera  46 SpeciesRomania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  9 Genera  27 SpeciesSaint Lucia
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSenegal
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSingapore
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSlovenia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSolomon Islands
2 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesSomalia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSouth Korea
1 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesSpain
3 Families  13 Genera  27 SpeciesSri Lanka
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesSweden
3 Families  16 Genera  32 SpeciesTaiwan
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTanzania
2 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesThailand
1 Families  11 Genera  11 SpeciesTonga
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTunisia
1 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesTurkey
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesTurkmenistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUkraine
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
3 Families  21 Genera  51 SpeciesUruguay
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesUSA
4 Families  44 Genera  147 SpeciesUzbekistan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesVenezuela
3 Families  10 Genera  19 SpeciesZimbabwe
1 Family  1 Genus  0 Species

Distribution on islands

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Amaknak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAmchitka Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAndreanof Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesAnholt
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesAntipodes Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAntipodes Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesAzores
3 Families  5 Genera  13 SpeciesBaffin Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBanks Island
2 Families  2 Genera  4 SpeciesBaranof Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBressay
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBruny Island
2 Families  5 Genera  10 SpeciesCapricorn Group
3 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesClarence Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCornwallis Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCoronation Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesDeception Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesDevon Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesEast Aleutians
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesElephant Island
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesEllesmere Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFox Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  4 SpeciesGibbs Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGoat Island
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesGrande-Terre
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHebrides
3 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesHeron Island
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesInner Hebrides
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesIsla Bertrand
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesIsla Bullock
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Santa Maria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Verde
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIslands of Chile
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesKing George Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKiska Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKodiak Island
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesLaurie Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLion Island
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesLord Howe Island
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesLow Island
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMacaronesia
3 Families  7 Genera  15 SpeciesMagnetic Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNear Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesNelson Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorth Solitary Island
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorth West Solitary Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorthern Isles
3 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesNorthern Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesOne Tree Island
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesOrkney Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesOuter Hebrides
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesQueen Elizabeth Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRat Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesRottnest Island
1 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesSanak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Barbara Island
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island (California)
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island (California)
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesShetland Islands
3 Families  10 Genera  15 SpeciesShetland Mainland
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesSigny Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSkye
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSnares Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSnow Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSolitary Islands
2 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
2 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesSouth Solitary Island
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesSouth West Solitary Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSplit Solitary Island
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesStradbroke Island
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesStronsay
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesSule Stack
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTenerife
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesThursday Island
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesUist
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUnalaska Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesVancouver Island
3 Families  4 Genera  11 SpeciesVictoria Island (Russia)
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWaiheke Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesWellington
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesWest Aleutians
2 Families  2 Genera  6 SpeciesWestern Orkney Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesWestray
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species

Links, sources and further information

Caprelloidea at artfakta.se
Caprelloidea at biodiversity.org.au
Caprelloidea at itis.gov
Caprelloidea at marinespecies.org