''Caprella'' is a large

genus Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...

skeleton shrimp 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 somet ...

s belonging to the subfamily Caprellinae of the family

Caprellidae 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 sometime ...

. It includes approximately 170

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

. The genus was first established by

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biolog ...

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 ''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 ''Systèm ...

'' Vassilenko, 1974 *'' Caprella aino'' Utinomi, 1943 *''

Caprella alaskana ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella alaskensis'' Holmes, 1904 *''

Caprella algaceus ''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 d ...

'' Vassilenko, 1967 *''

Caprella andreae ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *''

Caprella angulosa ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella angusta ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella arimotoi ''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 d ...

'' Takeuchi, 1993 *''

Caprella astericola ''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 d ...

'' Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973 *''

Caprella bacillus ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella bathyalis ''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 d ...

'' Vassilenko, 1972 *''

Caprella bathytatos ''Caprella bathytatos'' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus ''Caprella''. It was described in 1998 by Joel W. Martin and Gary Pettit, who discovered it living on the mouthparts of the crab '' Macroregonia macrochira'' near hydrothermal ...

'' Martin & Pettit, 1998 *''

Caprella bermudia ''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 d ...

'' Kundel, 1910 *''

Caprella bidentata ''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 d ...

'' Utinomi, 1947 *'' Caprella bispinosa'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella borealis ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 d ...

'' Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2002 *''

Caprella cavediniae ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *''

Caprella dubia ''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 d ...

'' Hansen, 1887 *'' Caprella edgari'' Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004 *''

Caprella equilibra ''Caprella equilibra'' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the family Caprellidae. It lives among other organisms on the seabed and occurs in both shallow and deep water in many parts of the world. Description The skeleton prawn is not closely r ...

'' Say, 1818 *'' Caprella equina'' Arimoto, 1978 *'' Caprella erethizon'' Mayer, 1901 *'' Caprella eurydactyla'' Vassilenko, 1974 *'' Caprella excelsa'' Vassilenko, 1974 *''

Caprella eximia ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *'' Caprella extensimana'' Laubitz, 1995 *'' Caprella falsa'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella ferrea'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella fimbriata'' Vassilenko, 1994 *''

Caprella fretensis ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *''

Caprella imaii ''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 d ...

'' Utinomi, 1943 *'' Caprella incisa'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella indeterminata ''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 de ...

'' Vassilenko, 1994 *'' Caprella inermis'' Grube, 1864 *''

Caprella iniqua ''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 d ...

'' Arimoto, 1980 *'' Caprella iniquilibra'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella innocens'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella insularis ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 d ...

'' Mori, 1999 *'' Caprella laevipes'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella laeviuscula'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella liliata ''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 d ...

'' Arimoto, 1979 *'' Caprella lilliput'' Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987 *'' Caprella linearis'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (; 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after his ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné Blunt (2004), p. 171. (), was a Swedish botanist, zoologist, taxonomist, and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, t ...

, 1767) *'' Caprella liparotensis'' Haller, 1879 *'' Caprella litoralis'' Vassilenko, 1972 *''

Caprella longicirrata ''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 d ...

'' Vassilenko, 1974 *'' Caprella longidentata'' Arimoto, 1934 *'' Caprella longimanus'' Stimpson, 1853 *'' Caprella luctator'' Stimpsom, 1855 *'' Caprella lukini'' Vassilenko, 1974 *'' Caprella madrasana'' Giles, 1890 *''

Caprella manneringi ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''Caprella mutica'', commonly known as the Japanese skeleton shrimp, is a species of skeleton shrimp. They are relatively large caprellids, reaching a maximum length of . They are sexually dimorphic, with the males usually being much l ...

'' Schurin, 1935 *'' Caprella nagaoi'' Arimoto, 1970 *''

Caprella natalensis ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella nichtensis'' Brandt, 1851 *'' Caprella obtusifrons'' Utinomi, 1943 *'' Caprella okadai'' Arimoto, 1930 *'' Caprella oxyarthra'' Vassilenko, 1974 *''

Caprella pacifica ''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 ...

'' Vassilenko, 1972 *'' Caprella palkii'' Giles, 1890 *'' Caprella paramitis''Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001 *''

Caprella parapaulina ''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 d ...

'' Vassilenko, 1974 *''

Caprella paulina ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella penantis ''Caprella penantis'' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the family Caprellidae. It lives on the seabed in shallow water in many parts of the world. This species was first described in 1814 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach who named ...

'' Leach, 1814 *'' Caprella pilidigitata'' Laubitz, 1970 *'' Caprella pilipalma'' Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953 *'' Caprella pinnigera'' Arimoto, 1980 *''

Caprella polyacantha ''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 d ...

'' Utinomi, 1947 *'' Caprella pseudorapax'' Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001 *'' Caprella pustulata'' Laubitz, 1970 *'' Caprella rapax'' Mayer, 1890 *'' Caprella rhinoceros'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella rhopalochir ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella rinki'' Stephensen, 1916 *'' Caprella rotundidentata'' Vassilenko, 1972 *'' Caprella rudiscula'' Laubitz, 1970 *'' Caprella sabineae'' Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003 *''

Caprella sabulensis ''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 d ...

'' Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001 *''

Caprella sanguinea ''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 d ...

'' Gould, 1841 *''

Caprella santosrosai ''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 d ...

'' Sanchez-Moyano ''et al.'', 1995 *''

Caprella sarsi ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''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 ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *'' Caprella singularis'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella soyo'' Arimoto, 1934 *''

Caprella stella ''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 ...

'' Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998 *'' Caprella striata'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella subinermis ''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 d ...

'' Mayer, 1890 *''

Caprella subtilis ''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 d ...

'' 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 ''Caprella tuberculata'' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus '' Caprella''. It is native to the North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the Europe ...

'' Guérin, 1836 *'' Caprella ungulina'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella unica'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella uniforma ''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 d ...

'' La Follette, 1915 *'' Caprella vana'' Mayer, 1903 *'' Caprella venusta'' Utinomi, 1943 *'' Caprella verrucosa'' Boeck, 1871 *'' Caprella vidua'' Mayer, 1903 *''

Caprella vitjazi ''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 d ...

'' Vassilenko, 1992 *'' Caprella wirtzi'' Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005 *'' Caprella zygodonta'' Vassilenko, 1974

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