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Genus of crustaceans

Caprella
Caprella mutica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Subfamily: Caprellinae
Genus: Caprella
Lamarck, 1801
Type species
Caprella linearis
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms 
  • Liparis Bosc, 1801
Caprella bathytatos
Caprella mendax
Caprella kominatoensis

Caprella is a large genus of skeleton shrimps belonging to the subfamily Caprellinae of the family Caprellidae. It includes approximately 170 species. The genus was first established by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in his great work Système des animaux sans vertèbres (1801) to describe Cancer linearis (now Caprella linearis) and Squilla ventricosa (now Phtisica marina).

References

  1. ^ J. Lowry, M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini (2012). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella Lamarck, 1801". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. p. 165.

External links

  • Media related to Caprella at Wikimedia Commons
Taxon identifiers
Caprella
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