Caprella

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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 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 Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943 Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903 Caprella alaskensis Holmes, 1904 Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967 Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890 Caprella angulosa Mayer, 1903 Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903 Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993 Caprella astericola Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973 Caprella bacillus Mayer, 1903 Caprella bathyalis Vassilenko, 1972 Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998 Caprella bermudia Kundel, 1910 Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947 Caprella bispinosa Mayer, 1903 Caprella borealis 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 Guerra-García et al., 2002 Caprella cavediniae 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 Mayer, 1890 Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887 Caprella edgari Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004 Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 Caprella equina Arimoto, 1978 Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901 Caprella eurydactyla Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella excelsa Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890 Caprella extensimana Laubitz, 1995 Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903 Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903 Caprella fimbriata Vassilenko, 1994 Caprella fretensis 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 Mayer, 1890 Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943 Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903 Caprella indeterminata Vassilenko, 1994 Caprella inermis Grube, 1864 Caprella iniqua Arimoto, 1980 Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903 Caprella innocens Mayer, 1903 Caprella insularis 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 Mori, 1999 Caprella laevipes Mayer, 1903 Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903 Caprella liliata Arimoto, 1979 Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987 Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879 Caprella litoralis Vassilenko, 1972 Caprella longicirrata Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella longidentata Arimoto, 1934 Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853 Caprella luctator Stimpsom, 1855 Caprella lukini Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella madrasana Giles, 1890 Caprella manneringi 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 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 Schurin, 1935 Caprella nagaoi Arimoto, 1970 Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903 Caprella nichtensis Brandt, 1851 Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943 Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930 Caprella oxyarthra Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella pacifica Vassilenko, 1972 Caprella palkii Giles, 1890 Caprella paramitisGuerra-García et al., 2001 Caprella parapaulina Vassilenko, 1974 Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903 Caprella penantis Leach, 1814 Caprella pilidigitata Laubitz, 1970 Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953 Caprella pinnigera Arimoto, 1980 Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947 Caprella pseudorapax Guerra-García et al., 2001 Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970 Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890 Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903 Caprella rhopalochir Mayer, 1903 Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916 Caprella rotundidentata Vassilenko, 1972 Caprella rudiscula Laubitz, 1970 Caprella sabineae Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003 Caprella sabulensis Guerra-García et al., 2001 Caprella sanguinea Gould, 1841 Caprella santosrosai Sanchez-Moyano et al., 1995 Caprella sarsi 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 Mayer, 1890 Caprella singularis Mayer, 1903 Caprella soyo Arimoto, 1934 Caprella stella Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998 Caprella striata Mayer, 1903 Caprella subinermis Mayer, 1890 Caprella subtilis 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 trispinisHoneyman, 1889 Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947 Caprella tuberculata Guérin, 1836 Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903 Caprella unica Mayer, 1903 Caprella uniforma La Follette, 1915 Caprella vana Mayer, 1903 Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943 Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871 Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903 Caprella vitjazi Vassilenko, 1992 Caprella wirtzi Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005 Caprella zygodonta Vassilenko, 1974