Species list, Checklist of Superfamily Caprelloidea (Skeleton shrimp) for Tanzania (East Africa)

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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Tanzania (East Africa)

Class	Malacostraca Latreille, 1802 Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans	157 518 1014	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Subclass	Eumalacostraca Grobben, 1892	156 517 1012	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superorder	Peracarida Calman, 1904	67 156 237	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Order	Amphipoda Latreille, 1816 Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds	25 43 54	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Suborder	Senticaudata Lowry & Myers, 2013	15 29 32	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Infraorder	Corophiida Leach, 1814	9 18 22	Families Genera Species	Taxom
Superfamily	Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice	2 7 7	Families Genera Species	Taxom

List of families for Tanzania
2 Families width 7 Species

Caprellidae Leach, 1814	Ghost shrimps	6	Species	Taxom
Podoceridae (Leach, 1814)		1	Species	Taxom

Genera for Tanzania
7 Genera with 7 Species

Species list for Tanzania
7 Species

Caprella aequilibra (Say, 1818)	⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818	Skeleton shrimp
Hemiaegina minuta Mayer, 1890	Skeleton shrimp
Metaprotella ungunja Larsen, 1997
Paracaprella pusilla Mayer, 1890	Skeleton shrimp
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)	⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Protella similis Mayer, 1903	Pink-eyed Skeleton Shrimp

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Tanzania

Family	Caprellidae Leach, 1814 Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps	6 6	Genera Species	Taxom
Family	Podoceridae Leach, 1814	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