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Caprella

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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 [1]
  • 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.[1] 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).[2]

References

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  1. ^ a b 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.
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