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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Europe (Eurasia)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
560
3291
13093
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
547
3256
13030
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
295
1773
7951
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
144
774
3240
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
64
373
1794
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
13
128
518
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
44
153
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Europe
4 Families width 153 Species and 2 Subspecies
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps87SpeciesTaxom
Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov ..., 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice18SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181447SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Europe
44 Genera with 153 Species
#ACDILMNOPSX
Aciconula Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Aeginella Boeck, 18611SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187150SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 1879
0SpeciesTaxom
Caprogammarus Kudrjaschov ..., 19661SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 187211SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19823SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 187011SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiopsis Laubitz, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 19448SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18362SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18596SpeciesTaxom
Liropus Mayer, 20184SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 20191SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Orthoprotella Mayer, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 18902SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18702SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parunciola Chevreux, 19111SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 19413SpeciesTaxom
Pedoculina Carausu, 19401SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Platophium Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 181416SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Protellina Stephensen, 19441SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17762SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 18792SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19741SpeciesTaxom
Selvacaprella1SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 18662SpeciesTaxom
Xenodice Boeck, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Europe
153 Species and 2 Subspecies
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aciconula miranda Mayer, 1903
Aeginella spinosa Boeck, 1861
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acanthifera acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella acanthifera discrepans Mayer, 1890
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863
Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella danilewskii Czerniavski, 1868
Caprella dentata (Haller, 1880)⇒ Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
Caprella horrida (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Caprella hystrix (Krøyer, 1843)⇒ Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
Caprella laevis (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella laticornis (Boeck, 1861)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schick..., 1987
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella lobata (Linnaeus, 1767)⇒ Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767
Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
Caprella loveni (accepted as ..., 1838)⇒ Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella macho (Schurin, 1935)⇒ Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
Caprella monocera G.O.Sars, 1894
Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella punctata Boeck, 1861
Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella spinosissima
Caprella stella Krapp-Schick..., 1998Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella tavolarensis Sturaro & Gu..., 2012
Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Caprogammarus gurjanovae Kudrjaschov ..., 1966
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus globicipitis (Lütken, 1870)⇒ Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus monodontis Lutken, 1870
Cyamus nodosus Lutken, 1861
Cyamus orcini Leung, 1970
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Cyrtophium darwinii Spence Bate, 1857
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella mazatlanensis Alarcón-Orte..., 2019
Deutella schieckei Cavedini, 1982
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Dulichia curticauda (Boeck, 1870)⇒ Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichia falcata Bate, 1857
Dulichia hirticornis (G. O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Dyopedos hirticornis Sars, 1876
Dulichia macera (G. O. Sars, 1879)⇒ Dulichiopsis macera Sars G.O., 1879
Dulichia monacantha (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dulichia nordlandica (Boeck, 1871)⇒ Dulichiopsis nordlandica Boeck, 1870
Dulichia normani (G. O. Sars, 1894)⇒ Dyopedos normani Sars, 1895
Dulichia porrecta (Bate, 1857)⇒ Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Dulichia septentrionalis (G.O. Sars, 1879)⇒ Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichiopsis macera Sars G.O., 1879
Dulichiopsis nordlandica Boeck, 1870
Dyopedos bispinis Gurjanova, 1930
Dyopedos hirticornis Sars, 1876
Dyopedos knipowitschi Gurjanova, 1933
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos normani Sars, 1895
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Dyopedos spinosus Stephensen, 1944
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus armatus (Norman, 1869)⇒ Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Laetmatophilus ledoyeri Ruffo, 1986
Laetmatophilus purus Stebbing, 1888
Laetmatophilus spinosissimus (Boeck, 1871)⇒ Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Laetmatophilus tridens Barnard, 1916
Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Liropus elongatus Mayer, 1890
Liropus minimus Mayer, 1890
Liropus vitucoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Liropus willyi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metaprotella guileri Takeuchi & L..., 2019
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Orthoprotella australis Haswell, 1879
Orthoprotella gordoni Guiler, 1954
Paracaprella alata Mayer, 1903
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paradulichia spinifera Gurjanova, 1946
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parunciola seurati Chevreux, 1911
Parvipalpina verrucosa Stephensen, 1944
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Parvipalpus linea Mayer, 1890
Parvipalpus major Carausu, 1941
Pedoculina bacescui Carausu, 1940
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus brevicornis (Sars G.O., 1879)⇒ Ischyrocerus brevicornis Sars G.O., 1879
Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & G..., 1888
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus cumbrensis (Stebbing & R..., 1891)⇒ Microjassa cumbrensis Stebbing & R..., 1891
Podocerus dentex Czerniavsky, 1868
Podocerus falcatus Montagu, 1808
Podocerus isopus Walker, 1889
Podocerus manawatu J.L. Barnard, 1972
Podocerus ornatus Miers, 1875
Podocerus pelagica
Podocerus schieckei Ruffo, 1987
Podocerus septemcarinatus Schellenberg, 1926
Podocerus tenuicornis (Sars, 1885)⇒ Ischyrocerus tenuicornis Sars, 1885
Podocerus tuberculatus (Hoek, 1882)⇒ Ischyrocerus tuberculatus Hoek, 1882
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Proaeginina norvegica Stephensen, 1931
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Protellina ingolfi Stephensen, 1944
Proto pedata (Leach, 1814)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Proto ventricosa (Müller, 1776)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Protoaeginella spinipoda Laubitz & Sorbe, 1996
Pseudaeginella tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudolirius kroyerii (Haller, 1879)⇒ Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Scutocyamus parvus Lincoln & Hu..., 1974
Selvacaprella jimenoi Guerra-Garcí..., 2018
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Syncyamus chelipes Costa, 1866
Xenodice frauenfeldti Boeck, 1871

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Europe
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
28
87
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCaprogammaridae
Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko, 1966
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
6
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
9
47
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