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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
204
568
998
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
200
563
990
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
118
348
615
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
61
212
395
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
24
92
177
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
42
87
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
14
31
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for East Canada
3 Families width 31 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps21SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18148SpeciesTaxom


Genera for East Canada
14 Genera with 31 Species
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18422SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 190312SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18703SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18642SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18791SpeciesTaxom


Species list for East Canada
31 Species
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina aenigmatica Laubitz, 1972
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Dulichia falcata Bate, 1857
Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dyopedos arcticus Murdoch, 1885
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in East Canada
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
7
21
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
3
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
4
8
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