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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Falkland Islands (Southern South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
121
297
435
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
120
295
432
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
103
268
389
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
56
131
194
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
15
33
57
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
7
20
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
2
8
10
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Falkland Islands
2 Families width 10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps7SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Falkland Islands
8 Genera with 10 Species
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 18141SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19264SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Triantella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Falkland Islands
10 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Deutella vemae McCain & Gray, 1971
Dodecasella elegans K.H. Barnard, 1931
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus cristatus rotundatus Schellenberg, 1931
Podocerus septemcarinatus Schellenberg, 1926
Protella trilobata McCain & Gray, 1971
Triantella solitaria Mayer, 1903

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Falkland Islands
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
7
7
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
1
3
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