Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Caprelloidea (Skeleton shrimp) for South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region South Shetland Islands (Antarctic Islands)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	124 277 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	123 276 421	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	90 216 344	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	51 113 172	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	13 26 36	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Corophiida Leach, 1814	4 12 16	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice	2 6 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for South Shetland Islands
2 Families width 7 Species

Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815	Whale lice	1	Species	Taxom

Genera for South Shetland Islands
6 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for South Shetland Islands
7 Species

Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842	Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870	Whale-louse
Dodecasella elegans K.H. Barnard, 1931
Pseudododecas bowmani McCain & Gray, 1971

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in South Shetland Islands

Family	Caprellidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	5 6	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 whale lice, Whale louse´	1 1	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