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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Vancouver Island (British Columbia, Canada)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
120
250
404
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
119
249
402
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
72
147
188
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
41
88
115
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
17
40
64
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
17
36
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
4
11
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Vancouver Island
3 Families width 11 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps9SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae (Rafinesque, 1815)Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18140SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Vancouver Island
4 Genera with 11 Species
Caprella Lamarck, 18718SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 17582SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18641SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 1814
0SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Vancouver Island
11 Species
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Vancouver Island
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
2
9
Genera
Species

Taxom

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

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
1
0
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