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Caprellinae
Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. Their common name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them to virtually disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed, hydroids and bryozoans. They are sometimes also known as ghost shrimps. Caprellidae contains 88 genera in three subfamilies.
18 branches of this subfamily, most-observed first
Caprella
genusCaprella
Protella
genusProtella
Pseudoprotella
genusPseudoprotella
Metacaprella
genusMetacaprella
Aeginina
genusAeginina
Metaprotella
genusMetaprotella
Orthoprotella
genusOrthoprotella
Pariambus
genusPariambus
Tritella
genusTritella
Deutella
genusDeutella
Paracaprella
genusParacaprella
Hemiaegina
genusHemiaegina
Aeginella
genusAeginella
Liropus
genusLiropus
Monoliropus
genusMonoliropus
Paradeutella
genusParadeutella
Pseudaeginella
genusPseudaeginella
Eupariambus
genusEupariambus
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 493938.