MSBIAS taxon details
Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
236551 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:236551)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Templeton, R. (1836). Description of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. <em>Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.</em> 1:185-198, figs. 14-15, pls. 20-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1839.tb03207.x [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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236551 on 2026-02-14
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=236551 on 2026-02-14
Date
action
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original description
Templeton, R. (1836). Description of some undescribed exotic Crustacea. <em>Transactions of the Entomological Society of London.</em> 1:185-198, figs. 14-15, pls. 20-22., available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2311.1839.tb03207.x [details]
context source (Introduced species) Krapp, T.; Lang, C.; Libertini, A.; Melzer, R. (2006). <i>Caprella scaura</i> Templeton, 1836 sensu lato (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mediterranean. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 6(2): 77-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2005.04.004 [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG., Li ZY., Morton B. & Leung TY. (2000). Biofouling of cage mariculture zones in the southern waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 16. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 77-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882200197-011 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chunga-Llauce, J. A.; Tapia-Ugaz, L.; Pacheco, A. S. (2023). Latitudinal distribution of skeleton shrimps (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in artificial habitats throughout the eastern South Pacific coast of Peru. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 19(6-7), 381-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2023.2246488 [details]
basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972. [details] Available for editors
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Lee, K.-S.; Hong, S.-S. (2011). lnvertebrate Fauna of Korea, Arthropoda: Crustacea : Malacostraca: Amphipoda: Caprellidea: Caprellidae, Skeleton Shrimps. National lnstitute of Biological Resources, 21(7). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ros, M., Guerra-García, J.M., Navarro-Barranco, C., Cabezas, M.P. & Vázquez-Luis, M. (2014). The spreading of the non-native caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 into southern Europe and northern Africa: a complicated taxonomic history. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 15/1, 2014, 145-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.469 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corriero, G., C. Pierri, S. Accoroni, G.Alabiso, G. Bavestrello, E. Barbone, M. Bastianini, A.M. Bazzoni, F. Bernardi Aubry, F. Boero, M.C. Buia, M. Cabrini, E. Camatti, F. Cardone, B. Cataletto, R. Cattaneo Vietti, E. Cecere, T. Cibic, P. Colangelo, A. De Olazabal, G. D'onghia, S. Finotto, N. Fiore, D. Fornasaro, S. Fraschetti, M.C. Gambi, A. Giangrande, C. Gravili, R. Guglielmo, C. Longo, M. Lorenti, A. Lugliè, P. Maiorano, M.G. Mazzocchi, M. Mercurio, F. Mastrototaro, M. Mistri, M. Monti, C. Munari, L. Musco, C. Nonnis-Marzano, B.M. Padedda, F.P. Patti, A. Petrocelli, S. Piraino, G. Portacci, A. Pugnetti, S. Pulina, T. Romagnoli, I. Rosati, D. Sarno, C.T. Satta, N. Sechi, S. Schiaparelli, B. Scipione, L. Sion, A. Terlizzi, V. Tirelli, C. Totti, A. Tursi, N. Ungaro, A. Zingone, V. Zupo & A. Basset. (2015). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 26(2):392-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550 [details] Available for editors
additional source Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3 [details] Available for editors
context source (Introduced species) Krapp, T.; Lang, C.; Libertini, A.; Melzer, R. (2006). <i>Caprella scaura</i> Templeton, 1836 sensu lato (Amphipoda: Caprellidae) in the Mediterranean. <em>Organisms Diversity & Evolution.</em> 6(2): 77-81., available online at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ode.2005.04.004 [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Huang ZG., Li ZY., Morton B. & Leung TY. (2000). Biofouling of cage mariculture zones in the southern waters of Hong Kong. In: Morton B, editor. Asian Marine Biology 16. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 77-99., available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882200197-011 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Chunga-Llauce, J. A.; Tapia-Ugaz, L.; Pacheco, A. S. (2023). Latitudinal distribution of skeleton shrimps (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) in artificial habitats throughout the eastern South Pacific coast of Peru. <em>Marine Biology Research.</em> 19(6-7), 381-394., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/17451000.2023.2246488 [details]
basis of record Ruffo, S. (2006). Crustacea Malacostraca Amphipoda. <em>in: Revisione della Checklist della fauna marina italiana.</em> , available online at http://www.faunaitalia.it/checklist/ [details]
additional source Zenetos, A., M.E. Cinar, M.A. Pancucci-Papadopoulou, J.G. Harmelin, G. Furnari, F. Andaloro, N. Bellou, N. Streftaris & H. Zibrowius. (2005). Annotated list of marine alien species in the Mediterranean with records of the worst invasive species. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 6 (2): 63-118., available online at https://www.researchgate.net/publication/273213810_Annotated_list_of_marine_alien_species_in_the_Mediterranean_with_records_of_the_worst_invasive_species [details] Available for editors
additional source LeCroy, S. E.; Gasca, R.; Winfield, I.; Ortiz, M.; Escobar-Briones, E. (2009). Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico. <em>In: Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College.</em> Pp. 941–972. [details] Available for editors
additional source Occhipinti-Ambrogi, A., A. Marchini, G. Cantone, A. Castelli, C. Chimenz, M. Cormaci, C. Froglia, G. Furnari, M.C. Gambi, G. Giaccone, A. Giangrande, C. Gravil, F. Mastrototaro, C. Mazziotti, L. Orsi-Relini & S. Piraino. (2010). Alien species along the Italian coasts: an overview. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 13(1): 215-237., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-010-9803-y [details] Available for editors
additional source Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). [Checklist of marine biota of China seas]. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
additional source Zenetos, A., S. Gofas, M. Verlaque, M. Cinar, J. Garcia Raso, C. Bianchi, C. Morri, E. Azzurro, M. Bilecenoglu, C. Froglia, I. Siokou, D. Violanti, A. Sfriso, G. San Martin, A. Giangrande, T. Katagan, E. Ballesteros, A. Ramos-Espla, F. Mastrototaro, O. Ocana, A. Zingone, M,. Gambi & N. Streftaris. (2010). Alien species in the Mediterranean Sea by 2010. A contribution to the application of European Union's Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). Part I. Spatial distribution. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 11(2): 381-493., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.87 [details]
additional source Lee, K.-S.; Hong, S.-S. (2011). lnvertebrate Fauna of Korea, Arthropoda: Crustacea : Malacostraca: Amphipoda: Caprellidea: Caprellidae, Skeleton Shrimps. National lnstitute of Biological Resources, 21(7). [details] Available for editors
additional source Ros, M., Guerra-García, J.M., Navarro-Barranco, C., Cabezas, M.P. & Vázquez-Luis, M. (2014). The spreading of the non-native caprellid (Crustacea: Amphipoda) Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 into southern Europe and northern Africa: a complicated taxonomic history. <em>Mediterranean Marine Science.</em> 15/1, 2014, 145-155., available online at https://doi.org/10.12681/mms.469 [details] Available for editors
additional source Corriero, G., C. Pierri, S. Accoroni, G.Alabiso, G. Bavestrello, E. Barbone, M. Bastianini, A.M. Bazzoni, F. Bernardi Aubry, F. Boero, M.C. Buia, M. Cabrini, E. Camatti, F. Cardone, B. Cataletto, R. Cattaneo Vietti, E. Cecere, T. Cibic, P. Colangelo, A. De Olazabal, G. D'onghia, S. Finotto, N. Fiore, D. Fornasaro, S. Fraschetti, M.C. Gambi, A. Giangrande, C. Gravili, R. Guglielmo, C. Longo, M. Lorenti, A. Lugliè, P. Maiorano, M.G. Mazzocchi, M. Mercurio, F. Mastrototaro, M. Mistri, M. Monti, C. Munari, L. Musco, C. Nonnis-Marzano, B.M. Padedda, F.P. Patti, A. Petrocelli, S. Piraino, G. Portacci, A. Pugnetti, S. Pulina, T. Romagnoli, I. Rosati, D. Sarno, C.T. Satta, N. Sechi, S. Schiaparelli, B. Scipione, L. Sion, A. Terlizzi, V. Tirelli, C. Totti, A. Tursi, N. Ungaro, A. Zingone, V. Zupo & A. Basset. (2015). Ecosystem vulnerability to alien and invasive species: a case study on marine habitats along the Italian coast. <em>Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems.</em> 26(2):392-409., available online at https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.2550 [details] Available for editors
additional source Marchini, A., J. Ferrario, A. Sfriso & A. Occhipinti-Ambrogi. (2015). Current status and trends of biological invasions in the Lagoon of Venice, a hotspot of marine NIS introductions in the Mediterranean Sea. <em>Biological Invasions.</em> 17:2943–2962., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-015-0922-3 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Barcode of Life (644 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caprella scaura)
To GenBank (918 nucleotides; 643 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (35 publications)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caprella scaura)
To GenBank (918 nucleotides; 643 proteins)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To PESI
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records)
To ITIS