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Caprella Lamarck, 1801

Caprella
Caprella

101430 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101430)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Senticaudata (Suborder)
  11. Corophiida (Infraorder)
  12. Caprellidira (Parvorder)
  13. Caprelloidea (Superfamily)
  14. Caprellidae (Family)
  15. Caprellinae (Subfamily)
  16. Caprella (Genus)
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  1. Species Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
  2. Species Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
  3. Species Caprella acanthopoda Guiler, 1954
  4. Species Caprella advena Vassilenko, 1974
  5. Species Caprella affinis Brandt, 1851
  6. Species Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943
  7. Species Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
  8. Species Caprella alaskensis Holmes, 1904
  9. Species Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967
  10. Species Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
  11. Species Caprella angulosa Mayer, 1903
  12. Species Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
  13. Species Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993
  14. Species Caprella astericola Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973
  15. Species Caprella bacilllus Mayer, 1903
  16. Species Caprella bathyalis Vassilenko, 1972
  17. Species Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
  18. Species Caprella bermudia Kunkel, 1910
  19. Species Caprella bispinosa Mayer, 1903
  20. Species Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
  21. Species Caprella brachiata Arimoto, 1978
  22. Species Caprella branchella Arimoto, 1978
  23. Species Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
  24. Species Caprella calderoni Hendrickx & Ayón-Parente, 2014
  25. Species Caprella californica Stimpson, 1856
  26. Species Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
  27. Species Caprella carinata Arimoto, 1934
  28. Species Caprella caulerpensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2002
  29. Species Caprella cavediniae Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
  30. Species Caprella centrota Vassilenko, 1972
  31. Species Caprella ceutae Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002
  32. Species Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
  33. Species Caprella ciliata G.O. Sars, 1883
  34. Species Caprella cilluroantennata Arimoto, 1934
  35. Species Caprella circur Mayer, 1903
  36. Species Caprella clavigera Vassilenko, 1972
  37. Species Caprella concinna Mateus & Mateus, 1991
  38. Species Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
  39. Species Caprella corallina Arimoto, 1980
  40. Species Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
  41. Species Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
  42. Species Caprella danilevskii Czerniavsky, 1868
  43. Species Caprella decipiens Mayer, 1890
  44. Species Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
  45. Species Caprella dissona Arimoto, 1979
  46. Species Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890
  47. Species Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
  48. Species Caprella edgari Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004
  49. Species Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
  50. Species Caprella equina Arimoto, 1978
  51. Species Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
  52. Species Caprella eurydactyla Vassilenko, 1974
  53. Species Caprella excelsa Vassilenko, 1974
  54. Species Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
  55. Species Caprella extensimana Laubitz, 1995
  56. Species Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
  57. Species Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
  58. Species Caprella fimbriata Vassilenko, 1994
  59. Species Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
  60. Species Caprella generosa Arimoto, 1977
  61. Species Caprella gigantea Haller, 1880
  62. Species Caprella gigantochir Mayer, 1903
  63. Species Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
  64. Species Caprella globiceps Dana, 1853
  65. Species Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Lewbel, 1974
  66. Species Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
  67. Species Caprella gracilipes Grube, 1864
  68. Species Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
  69. Species Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
  70. Species Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
  71. Species Caprella greenleyi McCain, 1969
  72. Species Caprella hakuhoae Takeuchi, Kihara & Matsumoto, 2019
  73. Species Caprella hirayamai Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2003
  74. Species Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
  75. Species Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943
  76. Species Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
  77. Species Caprella indeterminata Vassilenko, 1994
  78. Species Caprella iniqua Arimoto, 1980
  79. Species Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
  80. Species Caprella innocens Mayer, 1903
  81. Species Caprella insularis Laubitz, 1995
  82. Species Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
  83. Species Caprella japonica (Schurin, 1935)
  84. Species Caprella kincaidi Holmes, 1904
  85. Species Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986
  86. Species Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849
  87. Species Caprella kuroshio Mori, 1999
  88. Species Caprella laevipes Mayer, 1903
  89. Species Caprella laevis (Schurin, 1935)
  90. Species Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
  91. Species Caprella liliata Arimoto, 1979
  92. Species Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987
  93. Species Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  94. Species Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
  95. Species Caprella litoralis Vassilenko, 1972
  96. Species Caprella longicirrata Vassilenko, 1974
  97. Species Caprella longidentata Arimoto, 1934
  98. Species Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
  99. Species Caprella luctator Stimpson, 1856
  100. Species Caprella lukini Vassilenko, 1974
  101. Species Caprella madrasana Giles, 1890
  102. Species Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
  103. Species Caprella mantis Latreille, 1816
  104. Species Caprella media Vassilenko, 1974
  105. Species Caprella megabranchia Heo & Shin & Kim, 2024
  106. Species Caprella mendax Mayer, 1903
  107. Species Caprella mercedesae Hendrickx & Ayón-Parente, 2014
  108. Species Caprella microtuberculata G. O. Sars, 1879
  109. Species Caprella minima Arimoto, 1980
  110. Species Caprella minuscula Arimoto, 1980
  111. Species Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
  112. Species Caprella mixta Mayer, 1903
  113. Species Caprella modesta Herklots, 1861
  114. Species Caprella monai Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
  115. Species Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890
  116. Species Caprella multituberculum Lee & Lee, 1996
  117. Species Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
  118. Species Caprella nagaoi Arimoto, 1970
  119. Species Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
  120. Species Caprella nichtensis Brandt, 1851
  121. Species Caprella nojimaensis Takeuchi, Shiraishi & Mimori, 2021
  122. Species Caprella novaezealandiae Kirk, 1878
  123. Species Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
  124. Species Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
  125. Species Caprella oxyarthra Vassilenko, 1974
  126. Species Caprella pacifica Vassilenko, 1972
  127. Species Caprella palkii Giles, 1890
  128. Species Caprella paramitis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
  129. Species Caprella parapaulina Vassilenko, 1974
  130. Species Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
  131. Species Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
  132. Species Caprella perplexa Peart & Woods, 2025
  133. Species Caprella pilidigita Laubitz, 1970
  134. Species Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953
  135. Species Caprella pinnigera Arimoto, 1980
  136. Species Caprella pitu Sánchez-Moyano, García-Asencio & Guerra-García, 2014
  137. Species Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947
  138. Species Caprella pseudorapax Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
  139. Species Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
  140. Species Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
  141. Species Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
  142. Species Caprella rhopalochir Mayer, 1903
  143. Species Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
  144. Species Caprella rotundidentata Vassilenko, 1972
  145. Species Caprella rudiscula Laubitz, 1970
  146. Species Caprella sabineae Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003
  147. Species Caprella sabulensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
  148. Species Caprella sanguinea Gould, 1841
  149. Species Caprella santosrosai Sanchez-Moyano, Jimenez-Martin & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
  150. Species Caprella sarahae Peart & Woods, 2025
  151. Species Caprella sarsi Honeyman, 1889
  152. Species Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
  153. Species Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
  154. Species Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903
  155. Species Caprella scitula Arimoto & Hirayama, 1979
  156. Species Caprella sedovi Gurjanova, 1933
  157. Species Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
  158. Species Caprella serenae Peart & Woods, 2025
  159. Species Caprella simia Mayer, 1903
  160. Species Caprella simplex Mayer, 1890
  161. Species Caprella singularis Mayer, 1903
  162. Species Caprella soyo Arimoto, 1934
  163. Species Caprella stella Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
  164. Species Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
  165. Species Caprella subinermis Mayer, 1890
  166. Species Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
  167. Species Caprella suprapiscis Galván-Villa & Ayón-Parente, 2015
  168. Species Caprella takedai Aoki & Ito, 2012
  169. Species Caprella takeuchii Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
  170. Species Caprella tamboensis Takeuchi, Nagano & Keable, 2022
  171. Species Caprella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
  172. Species Caprella tavolarensis Sturaro & Guerra-García, 2012
  173. Species Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
  174. Species Caprella temperativa Arimoto, 1982
  175. Species Caprella tenella (Dana, 1853)
  176. Species Caprella tenuis Haswell, 1880
  177. Species Caprella traudlae Guerra-Garcia, 2004
  178. Species Caprella triodos Stebbing, 1910
  179. Species Caprella trispinis Honeyman, 1889
  180. Species Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
  181. Species Caprella tuberculata Guérin-Meneville, 1836
  182. Species Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
  183. Species Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
  184. Species Caprella uniforma La Follette, 1915
  185. Species Caprella vana Mayer, 1903
  186. Species Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
  187. Species Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
  188. Species Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
  189. Species Caprella vitjazi Vassilenko, 1992
  190. Species Caprella wirtzi Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005
  191. Species Caprella zygodonta Vassilenko, 1974
  192. Species Caprella acutifrons Latreille, 1816 accepted as Caprella penantis Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  193. Species Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947 accepted as Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  194. Species Caprella triodous accepted as Caprella triodos Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 165 [details] OpenAccess publication
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 Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101430 on 2026-08-13
Marine Species Traits editorial board (2026). Marine Species Traits. Caprella Lamarck, 1801. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101430 on 2026-08-13
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
checked
Costello, Mark J.
2009-11-18 12:16:11Z
changed
Lowry, Jim
2019-09-26 07:55:20Z
changed
Horton, Tammy
2021-11-02 16:14:33Z
changed
Horton, Tammy

original description Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
page(s): 165 [details] OpenAccess publication

context source (WoRCS) Navarro-Barranco, C.; Martínez, A.; Sempere-Valverde, J.; Chebaane, S.; Digenis, M.; Plaitis, W.; Voultsiadou, E.; Gerovasileiou, V. (2023). Amphipods in Mediterranean Marine and Anchialine Caves: New Data and Overview of Existing Knowledge. <em>Diversity.</em> 15(12): 1180., available online at https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/12/1180 [details] Available for editors  PDF available

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] OpenAccess publication
 
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