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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region East Africa (Africa)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
332
1657
4863
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
331
1655
4858
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
157
613
1433
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
64
181
289
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
26
87
162
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
46
75
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
2
14
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Africa
2 Families width 21 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps16SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae (Leach, 1814)5SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Africa
14 Genera with 21 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18183SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 19974SpeciesTaxom
Noculacia Mayer, 20021SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Paradeutella Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom
Paraprotella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19165SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 20041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Africa
21 Species
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Deutella indica Guerra-García, 2002
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella africana Mayer, 1903
Metaprotella haswelliana Mayer, 1882
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaprotella ungunja Larsen, 1997
Noculacia africana Guerra-García, 2002
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paraprotella prima Mayer, 1903
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus inconspicuus Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus ornatus Miers, 1875
Podocerus palinuri (K.H. Barnard, 1916)⇒ Podocerus inconspicuus Stebbing, 1888
Protella similis Mayer, 1903Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp
Pseudaeginella vaderi Guerra-García, 2004

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in East Africa
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
12
16
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
2
5
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