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Checklist for Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814 (Skeleton shrimp)
and region Western Cape (Cape)


Class
 
Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans
207
522
746
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Subclass
 
Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
206
521
743
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superorder
 
Peracarida
Calman, 1904
115
283
390
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Order
 
Amphipoda
Latreille, 1816
Amphipod, Amphipod Tubes, Amphipod Whips, Amphipods, Scuds
49
100
123
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Suborder
 
Senticaudata
Lowry & Myers, 2013
21
50
67
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Infraorder
 
Corophiida
Leach, 1814
8
24
28
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 

Superfamily
 
Caprelloidea
Leach, 1814
Skeleton shrimp, Whale lice
3
6
9
Families
Genera
Species
 
Taxom
 


List of families for Western Cape
3 Families width 9 Species
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815Whale lice2SpeciesTaxom
Caprellidae Leach, 1814Ghost shrimps4SpeciesTaxom
Podoceridae Leach, 18143SpeciesTaxom


Genera for Western Cape
6 Genera with 9 Species
Balaenocyamus1SpeciesTaxom
Caprella Lamarck, 18143SpeciesTaxom
Caprellina Thomson, 18491SpeciesTaxom
Isocyamus Gervais and ..., 18361SpeciesTaxom
Laetmatophilus Bruzelius, 18881SpeciesTaxom
Podocerus Leach, 19382SpeciesTaxom


Species list for Western Cape
9 Species
Balaenocyamus balaenopterae K.H. Barnard, 1931
Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868Skeleton shrimp
Caprella equilibra Say, 1818Skeleton shrimp
Caprella penantis Leach, 1814Fourpetal St. Johnswort
Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849
Isocyamus delphinii Guérin Ménev..., 1836
Laetmatophilus purus Stebbing, 1888
Podocerus africanus K.H. Barnard, 1916
Podocerus capillimanus Nicholls, 1938

Subnodes of Caprelloidea with occurrences in Western Cape
FamilyCaprellidae
Leach, 1814
Ghost shrimps, Skeleton shrimps
2
4
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyCyamidae
Rafinesque, 1815
whale lice, Whale louse´
2
2
Genera
Species

Taxom

FamilyPodoceridae
Leach, 1814
2
3
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