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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Massachusetts (USA)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
184
460
709
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
183
457
707
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
117
315
465
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
56
161
248
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
20
63
112
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
38
65
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
12
21
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Massachusetts
3 Families width 21 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps15SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Massachusetts
12 Genera with 21 Species
Aeginella Boeck, 1861
0SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 19039SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18571SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19151SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Proaeginina Stephensen, 19311SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 1890
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Massachusetts
21 Species
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella geometrica (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Dulichia falcata Bate, 1857
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Mayerella limicola Huntsman, 1915
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Proaeginina norvegica Stephensen, 1931

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Massachusetts
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
8
15
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
3
4
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