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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Caprella |
| Species: | C. linearis |
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| Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) | |
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Caprella linearis (linear skeleton shrimp) is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella. It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles Caprella septentrionalis with which it shares the same geographical distribution.
Caprella linearis is the type species of the genus Caprella. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "Cancer linearis".
See also
References
- ^ J. Lowry, M. Costello, D. Bellan-Santini (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ José Manuel Guerra-García (2002). "Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour". Sarsia. 87 (3). University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway: 216–235. doi:10.1080/00364820260294851.
- Mario de Kluijver; Sarita Ingalsuo. "Caprella linearis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. p. 165.
External links
- Video of Caprella linearis males fighting
- Photos of Caprella linearis on Sealife Collection
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