Caprella



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).


 * Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
 * Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella acanthopoda Guiler, 1954
 * Caprella advena Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943
 * Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella alaskensis Holmes, 1904
 * Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967
 * Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella angulosa Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993
 * Caprella astericola Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973
 * Caprella bacillus Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella bathyalis Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
 * Caprella bermudia Kundel, 1910
 * Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947
 * Caprella bispinosa Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella brachiata Arimoto, 1978
 * Caprella branchella Arimoto, 1978
 * Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella californica Stimpson, 1856
 * Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella carinata Arimoto, 1934
 * Caprella caulerpensis Guerra-García et al., 2002
 * Caprella cavediniae Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
 * Caprella centrota Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella ceutae Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002
 * Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella ciliata Sars, 1883
 * Caprella cilluroantennata Arimoto, 1934
 * Caprella circur Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella clavigera Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella concinna Mateus & Mateus, 1991
 * Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella corallina Arimoto, 1980
 * Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella danilevskii Czerniavskii, 1868
 * Caprella decipiens Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
 * Caprella dissona Arimoto, 1979
 * Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
 * Caprella edgari Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004
 * Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
 * Caprella equina Arimoto, 1978
 * Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
 * Caprella eurydactyla Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella excelsa Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella extensimana Laubitz, 1995
 * Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella fimbriata Vassilenko, 1994
 * Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
 * Caprella generosa Arimoto, 1977
 * Caprella gigantea Haller, 1880
 * Caprella gigantochir Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
 * Caprella globiceps Dana, 1853
 * Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Lewbel, 1974
 * Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella gracilipes Grube, 1864
 * Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
 * Caprella grandimana (Mayer, 1882)
 * Caprella greenleyi McCain, 1969
 * Caprella hirayamai Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2003
 * Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943
 * Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella indeterminata Vassilenko, 1994
 * Caprella inermis Grube, 1864
 * Caprella iniqua Arimoto, 1980
 * Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella innocens Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella insularis Laubitz, 1995
 * Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella japonica (Schurin, 1935)
 * Caprella kincaidi Holmes, 1904
 * Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986
 * Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849
 * Caprella kuroshio Mori, 1999
 * Caprella laevipes Mayer, 1903


 * Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella liliata Arimoto, 1979
 * Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987
 * Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
 * Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
 * Caprella litoralis Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella longicirrata Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella longidentata Arimoto, 1934
 * Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
 * Caprella luctator Stimpsom, 1855
 * Caprella lukini Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella madrasana Giles, 1890
 * Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
 * Caprella mantis Latreille, 1816
 * Caprella media Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella mendax Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella microtuberculata G.O. Sars, 1879
 * Caprella minima Arimoto, 1980
 * Caprella minuscula Arimoto, 1980
 * Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella mixta Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella modesta Herklots, 1861
 * Caprella monai Guerra-García et al., 2001
 * Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella multituberculum Lee & Lee, 1996
 * Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
 * Caprella nagaoi Arimoto, 1970
 * Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella nichtensis Brandt, 1851
 * Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
 * Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
 * Caprella oxyarthra Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella pacifica Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella palkii Giles, 1890
 * Caprella paramitis Guerra-García et al., 2001
 * Caprella parapaulina Vassilenko, 1974
 * Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
 * Caprella pilidigitata Laubitz, 1970
 * Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953
 * Caprella pinnigera Arimoto, 1980
 * Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947
 * Caprella pseudorapax Guerra-García et al., 2001
 * Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
 * Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella rhopalochir Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
 * Caprella rotundidentata Vassilenko, 1972
 * Caprella rudiscula Laubitz, 1970
 * Caprella sabineae Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003
 * Caprella sabulensis Guerra-García et al., 2001
 * Caprella sanguinea Gould, 1841
 * Caprella santosrosai Sanchez-Moyano et al., 1995
 * Caprella sarsi Honeyman, 1889
 * Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
 * Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
 * Caprella scitula Arimoto & Hirayama, 1979
 * Caprella sedovi Gurjanova, 1933
 * Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
 * Caprella simia Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella simplex Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella singularis Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella soyo Arimoto, 1934
 * Caprella stella Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
 * Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella subinermis Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella takeuchi Guerra-García et al., 2001
 * Caprella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
 * Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
 * Caprella temperativa Arimoto, 1982
 * Caprella tenella (Dana, 1853)
 * Caprella tenuis Haswell, 1880
 * Caprella traudlae Guerra-Garcia, 2004
 * Caprella triodos Stebbing, 1910
 * Caprella trispinis Honeyman, 1889
 * Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
 * Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836
 * Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella uniforma La Follette, 1915
 * Caprella vana Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
 * Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
 * Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
 * Caprella vitjazi Vassilenko, 1992
 * Caprella wirtzi Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005
 * Caprella zygodonta Vassilenko, 1974