Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Caprelloidea (Skeleton shrimp) for Egypt (Near East)

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

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	157 401 754	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	156 400 753	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	72 153 245	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	32 70 113	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	15 46 80	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Corophiida Leach, 1814	9 28 43	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice	2 6 8	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Egypt
2 Families width 8 Species

Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Podoceridae Leach, 1814		2	Species	Taxom

Genera for Egypt
6 Genera with 8 Species

Species list for Egypt
8 Species

Caprella equilibra Say, 1818	Skeleton shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814	Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890	Skeleton shrimp
Paradeutella multispinosa Schellenberg, 1928
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)	⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814	Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804	Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Egypt

Family	Caprellidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	5 6	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Podoceridae Leach, 1814	1 2	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