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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Northern Isles (Scotland, United Kingdom)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
117
250
405
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
116
249
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
85
197
309
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
45
122
198
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
18
59
90
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
38
53
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
10
16
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Northern Isles
3 Families width 16 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps10SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Northern Isles
10 Genera with 16 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18385SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18342SpeciesTaxom
Cyrtophium Dana, 18691SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18572SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18592SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Northern Isles
16 Species
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyrtophium armatum Norman, 1869
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Laetmatophilus armatus (Norman, 1869)⇒ Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Northern Isles
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
6
10
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