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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Melanesia (Oceania)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
336
1958
6058
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
334
1955
6050
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
162
609
1097
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
88
267
415
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
28
122
208
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
12
60
110
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
15
24
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Melanesia
3 Families width 24 Species and 1 Subspecies
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps18SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Melanesia
15 Genera with 24 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 19035SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Hemiaegina Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 19922SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 1859
0SpeciesTaxom
Metaprotella Mayer, 18982SpeciesTaxom
Metaproto Mayer, 18801SpeciesTaxom
Paradicaprella Hirayama, 19901SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19855SpeciesTaxom
Protogeton Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Pseudaeginella Mayer, 19681SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoproto Mayer, 20031SpeciesTaxom
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama, 20162SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Melanesia
24 Species and 1 Subspecies
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Isocyamus deltabrachium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Isocyamus deltobranchium Sedlak-Weins..., 1992
Metaprotella hummelincki McCain, 1968
Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898
Metaproto novaehollandiae Haswell, 1880
Paradicaprella brucei Hirayama, 1990
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Podocerus crenulatus Myers, 1985
Podocerus hanapepe J.L. Barnard, 1970
Podocerus kleidus Thomas & J. ..., 1992
Podocerus talegus J.L. Barnard, 1965
Podocerus talegus levuensis Myers, 1985
Protogeton inflatus Mayer, 1903
Pseudaeginella biscaynensis McCain, 1968
Pseudoproto papua Guerra-García, 2003
Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988
Quadrisegmentum yirrgay Hughes & Tak..., 2016

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Melanesia
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
12
18
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
2
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