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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region West Europe (Europe)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
383
1636
4503
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
379
1629
4494
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
190
796
2279
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
89
325
874
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
34
160
500
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
10
71
199
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
23
47
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West Europe
3 Families width 47 Species and 1 Subspecies
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps31SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice6SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181410SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West Europe
23 Genera with 47 Species
#ACDILPSX
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Aeginina Norman, 18421SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 183619SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 19542SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 19031SpeciesTaxom
Dodecas Stebbing, 18831SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18751SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18573SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18362SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18591SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 1871
0SpeciesTaxom
Pariambus Stebbing, 18441SpeciesTaxom
Parvipalpus Mayer, 19412SpeciesTaxom
Phtisica Slabber, 17691SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 18551SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 18144SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 18821SpeciesTaxom
Proto Leach, 17761SpeciesTaxom
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 19961SpeciesTaxom
Pseudolirius Mayer, 18971SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoprotella Mayer, 18041SpeciesTaxom
Scutocyamus Lincoln & Hu..., 19741SpeciesTaxom
Xenodice Boeck, 18711SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West Europe
47 Species and 1 Subspecies
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Aeginina longicornis Krøyer, 1842Long-horned skeleton shrimp
Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella acanthifera discrepans Mayer, 1890
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella acutifrons (Latreille, 1816)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
Caprella macho (Schurin, 1935)⇒ Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Deutella incerta Mayer, 1903
Dodecas elongata Stebbing, 1883
Dulichia monacantha (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos porrectus Bate, 1857
Isocyamus delphini Guérin-Ménev..., 1836
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus tuberculatus Bruzelius, 1859
Pariambus typicus Kröyer, 1844
Parvipalpus capillaceus Chevreaux, 1888
Parvipalpus major Carausu, 1941
Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769Ghost Shrimp
Platycyamus thompsoni Gosse, 1855
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus ornatus Miers, 1875
Podocerus variegatus Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Protella phasma (Mayer, 1882)⇒ Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804
Proto ventricosa (Müller, 1776)⇒ Phtisica marina Slabber, 1769
Protoaeginella spinipoda Laubitz & Sorbe, 1996
Pseudolirius kroyeri Haller, 1897
Pseudoprotella phasma Montagu, 1804Skeleton Shrimp
Scutocyamus parvus Lincoln & Hu..., 1974
Xenodice frauenfeldti Boeck, 1871

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in West Europe
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
13
31
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
4
6
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
6
10
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