Deep-Sea taxon details
Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
101851 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101851)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Kröyer, H. (1838). Grönlands Amfipoder. [Amphipods of Greenland]. <em>Det Konigelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger, series 4.</em> 7: 229-326, pls. 1-4. [details] 
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine, including the Cobscook Bay
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine, including the Cobscook Bay [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838. Accessed through: Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2025) World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101851 on 2026-09-04
Glover, A.G.; Higgs, N.; Horton, T. (2026). World Register of Deep-Sea species (WoRDSS). Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/deepsea/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101851 on 2026-09-04
Date
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original description
Kröyer, H. (1838). Grönlands Amfipoder. [Amphipods of Greenland]. <em>Det Konigelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger, series 4.</em> 7: 229-326, pls. 1-4. [details]
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Krøyer, H. (1843). Beskrivelse af nogle Arter og Slaegter af Caprellina: med indledende Bemaerkninger om Laemodipoda og deres Plads i Systemet. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> Ser. 1. Bd. 4, 490–518; 585-616. Pl. 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323229 [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
redescription Guerra-García, J. M. (2002). Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour. <em>Sarsia.</em> 87(3): 216-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260294851 [details] Available for editors
context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details]
basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. <em>in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification.</em> Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. <em>Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France.</em> 463 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]
additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Krøyer, H. (1843). Beskrivelse af nogle Arter og Slaegter af Caprellina: med indledende Bemaerkninger om Laemodipoda og deres Plads i Systemet. <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift.</em> Ser. 1. Bd. 4, 490–518; 585-616. Pl. 6-8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2323229 [details]
additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. <em>Northeastern Naturalist.</em> 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors
redescription Guerra-García, J. M. (2002). Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour. <em>Sarsia.</em> 87(3): 216-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260294851 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Gulf of Maine, including the Cobscook Bay [details]Habitat Found from the intertidal zone to 915 m depth, prefers hard and algae covered substrate. [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese | ホッカイワレカラ | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (70 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caprella septentrionalis)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (91 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caprella septentrionalis)
To GenBank (63 nucleotides; 61 proteins)
To PESI
To The Arctic Traits Database (24 traits)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (15 records)
To ITIS
