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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Ireland (British Isles)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
202
578
1225
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
201
576
1220
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
136
435
907
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
65
166
338
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
21
74
168
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
38
93
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
9
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Ireland
3 Families width 21 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps14SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18145SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Ireland
9 Genera with 21 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18389SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18362SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18771SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Ireland
21 Species
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella horrida (G.O. Sars, 1877)⇒ Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus armatus (Norman, 1869)⇒ Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Ireland
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
6
14
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
1
2
Genus
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