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


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
298
1033
2580
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
292
1026
2566
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
171
637
1655
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
91
353
1054
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
34
138
470
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
11
62
232
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
21
84
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for West USA
3 Families width 84 Species
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps58SpeciesTaxom
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice10SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 181416SpeciesTaxom


Genera for West USA
21 Genera with 84 Species
#ABCDIMNPST
Aciconula Mayer, 19891SpeciesTaxom
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 187141SpeciesTaxom
Cercops Krøyer, 18433SpeciesTaxom
Cyamus Latreille, 18726SpeciesTaxom
Deutella Mayer, 18901SpeciesTaxom
Dulichia Krøyer, 18704SpeciesTaxom
Dulichiopsis Laubitz, 19642SpeciesTaxom
Dyopedos Bate, 18755SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Mayerella Huntsman, 19702SpeciesTaxom
Metacaprella Mayer, 18644SpeciesTaxom
Neocyamus Margolis, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Paradulichia Boeck, 18701SpeciesTaxom
Perotripus Dougherty an..., 19151SpeciesTaxom
Platycyamus Lütken, 1870
0SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19364SpeciesTaxom
Protella Dana, 1852
0SpeciesTaxom
Pseudoliropus Laubitz, 19701SpeciesTaxom
Syncyamus Bowman, 19811SpeciesTaxom
Tritella Mayer, 19534SpeciesTaxom


Species list for West USA
84 Species
Aciconula acanthosoma Chess, 1989
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Caprella augusta Mayer, 1903
Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
Caprella californica Stimpson, 1857Skeleton Shrimp
Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Caprella geometrica (Say, 1818)⇒ Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Le..., 1974
Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
Caprella greenleyi McCain, 1969
Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
Caprella kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864)⇒ Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
Caprella linearis Linnaeus, 1767Ghost shrimp
Caprella mendax (Mayer, 1903)⇒ Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935A skeleton shrimp
Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprella pilidigitata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & ..., 1953
Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
Caprella rudiuscula Laubitz, 1970
Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836Amphipod
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
Cercops compactus Laubitz, 1970
Cercops holboelli Krøyer, 1843
Cercops holbolli Krøyer, 1843
Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870Whale-louse
Cyamus catodontis Margolis, 1954
Cyamus ceti (Linnaeus, 1758)⇒ Cyamus boopis Lütken, 1870
Cyamus eschrichtii Margolis, Mc..., 2000
Cyamus kessleri A. Brandt, 1873
Cyamus scammoni (Dall, 1872)⇒ Syamus scammoni Dall, 1834
Deutella californica Mayer, 1890
Dulichia artica Murdoch, 1885
Dulichia rhabdoplastis McCloskey, 1970
Dulichia spinosissima Krøyer, 1845
Dulichia tuberculata Boeck, 1870
Dulichiopsis barnardi Laubitz, 1977
Dulichiopsis remis J.L. Barnard, 1964
Dyopedos arcticus Murdoch, 1885
Dyopedos bispinis Gurjanova, 1930
Dyopedos bispinus Gurjanova, 1930
Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Dyopedos monacanthus (Metzger, 1875)⇒ Dyopedos monacantha Metzger, 1875
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Mayerella acanthopoda Benedict, 1977
Mayerella banksia Laubitz, 1970
Metacaprella anomala Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
Metacaprella horrida Sars G.O., 1877
Metacaprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864
Neocyamus physeteris Pouchet, 1888
Paradulichia typica Boeck, 1870
Perotripus brevis LaFollette, 1915
Podocerus brasiliensis (Dana, 1853)⇒ Ericthonius punctatus Bate, 1857
Podocerus cristatus Thomson, 1879Nudibranch-mimicking Amphipod
Podocerus danae Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus spongicolus Alderman, 1936
Pseudoliropus vanus Laubitz, 1970
Syncyamus aequus Lincoln & Hu..., 1981
Tritella laevis Mayer, 1903
Tritella ornata Mayer, 1903
Tritella pilimana Mayer, 1890
Tritella tenuissima Dougherty & ..., 1953

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in West USA
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
10
58
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
6
10
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
5
16
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