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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Southern South America (South America)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
321
1128
2408
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
318
1123
2403
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
196
690
1398
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
95
293
546
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
31
105
211
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
9
47
104
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
4
19
37
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Southern South America
4 Families width 37 Species and 1 Subspecies
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps27SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice4SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18145SpeciesTaxom
Pariambidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps1SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Southern South America
19 Genera with 37 Species
Aeginoides Schellenberg, 19261SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 18719SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Caprellinoides Stebbing, 18882SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18344SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18903SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard, 19312SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiopsis Laubitz, 19861SpeciesTaxom
Luconacia Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Neoxenodice Schellenberg, 1926
0SpeciesTaxom
Paracaprella Mayer, 19032SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19265SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Protellopsis Stebbing, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotomima McCain, 19711SpeciesTaxom
Triantella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Triprotella Arimoto, 19701SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Southern South America
37 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aeginoides gaussi Schellenberg, 1926
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Caprellinoides mayeri Pfeffer, 1888
Caprellinoides tristanensis Stebbing, 1888
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus erraticus Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus gracilis Roussel de V..., 1834
Cyamus ovalis Roussel de V..., 1834
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Deutella vemae McCain & Gray, 1971
Deutella venenosa Mayer, 1890
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Dodecasella elegans K.H. Barnard, 1931
Dodecasella georgiana Schellenberg, 1931
Dulichiopsis brevidactyla Ledoyer, 1986
Luconacia incerta Mayer, 1903
Mayerella magellanica McCain & Gray, 1971
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Paracaprella tenuis Mayer, 1903
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus chelonophilus Chevreux & G..., 1888
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus cristatus rotundatus Schellenberg, 1931
Podocerus septemcarinatus Schellenberg, 1926
Protella trilobata McCain & Gray, 1971
Protellopsis kergueleni Stebbing, 1888
Pseudoprotomima hedgpethi McCain & Gray, 1971
Triantella solitaria Mayer, 1903
Triprotella amica Arimoto, 1970

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Southern South America
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
14
27
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
1
4
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPariambidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
1
1
Genus
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
3
5
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