Caprellidira is a parvorder of marine
crustacean
Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...
s of the
infraorder
Order ( la, ordo) is one of the eight major hierarchical taxonomic ranks in Linnaean taxonomy. It is classified between family and class. In biological classification, the order is a taxonomic rank used in the classification of organisms and ...
Corophiida
Corophiida is an infraorder of amphipods that contains the two parvorders Caprellidira (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiidira.
In 2003-2013 this group was treated as a suborder, Corophiidea, which in turn had been re-established to ...
. The group includes
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 (Caprellidae) and
whale lice
A whale louse is a commensal crustacean of the family Cyamidae. Despite the name, it is not a true louse (which are insects), but rather is related to the skeleton shrimp, most species of which are found in shallower waters. Whale lice are extern ...
(Cyamidae).
Fifteen families are currently recognised in the group. They are grouped into seven superfamilies.
*Superfamily
Aetiopedesoidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
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Aetiopedesidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
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Paragammaropsidae
Paragammaropsidae is a family of amphipods belonging to the order Amphipoda
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly det ...
Myers & Lowry, 2003
*Superfamily
Caprelloidea Leach, 1814
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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 ...
Leach, 1814 - Skeleton shrimps
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Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko, 1966
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Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Whale lice
**
Dulichiidae Laubitz, 1983
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Podoceridae Leach, 1814
*Superfamily
Isaeoidea Dana, 1853
**
Isaeidae Dana, 1853
*Superfamily
Microprotopoidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
**
Microprotopidae
''Microprotopus'' is a genus of amphipods belonging to the monotypic family Microprotopidae.
The species of this genus are found in Europe, America.
Species:
*'' Microprotopus bicuspidatus''
*'' Microprotopus longimanus''
*'' Microprotopus ...
Myers & Lowry, 2003
*Superfamily
Neomegamphopoidea Myers, 1981
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Neomegamphopidae Myers, 1981
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Priscomilitariidae Hirayama, 1988
*Superfamily
Photoidea Boeck, 1871
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Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899
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Kamakidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
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Photidae Boeck, 1871
*Superfamily
Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
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Rakiroidae
''Rakiroa'' is a monotypic genus of amphipod
Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies. Amphipods range in size from and are mostly detritivores or scavengers. There ...
Myers & Lowry, 2003
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Corophiidea
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