Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Caprelloidea (Skeleton shrimp) for Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Madagascar (Indian Ocean islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	232 864 1815	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	231 863 1814	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	97 220 346	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	40 63 91	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	16 30 47	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Corophiida Leach, 1814	6 10 17	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice	2 2 4	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Madagascar
2 Families width 4 Species

Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	1	Species	Taxom
Podoceridae (Leach, 1814)		3	Species	Taxom

Genera for Madagascar
2 Genera with 4 Species

Deutella Mayer, 2002		1	Species	Taxom
Podocerus Leach, 1916		3	Species	Taxom

Species list for Madagascar
4 Species

Deutella indica Guerra-García, 2002
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879	Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus inconspicuus Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus palinuri (K.H. Barnard, 1916)	⇒ Podocerus inconspicuus Stebbing, 1888

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Madagascar

Family	Caprellidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	1 1	Genus Species	Taxom
Family	Podoceridae 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