''Caprella'' is a large

genus Genus (; : genera ) is a taxonomic rank above species and below family (taxonomy), family as used in the biological classification of extant taxon, living and fossil organisms as well as Virus classification#ICTV classification, viruses. In bino ...

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 sometime ...

s belonging to the

subfamily In biological classification, a subfamily (Latin: ', plural ') is an auxiliary (intermediate) taxonomic rank, next below family but more inclusive than genus. Standard nomenclature rules end botanical subfamily names with "-oideae", and zo ...

Caprellinae of the family Caprellidae. It includes approximately 170

species A species () is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate sexes or mating types can produce fertile offspring, typically by sexual reproduction. It is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), ...

. The genus was first established by

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; ), was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biologi ...

in his great work ''Système des animaux sans vertèbres'' (1801) to describe ''Cancer linearis'' (now ''

Caprella linearis ''Caprella linearis'' (linear skeleton shrimp) is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus '' Caprella''. It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles '' Caprella septentrionalis'' with which it ...

'') 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 *''

'' (

Linnaeus Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné,#Blunt, Blunt (2004), p. 171. was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming o ...

, 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 ''Caprella mutica'', commonly known as the Japanese skeleton shrimp, is a species of skeleton shrimp. They are relatively large caprellids, reaching a maximum length of . They are sexually dimorphic, with the males usually being much larg ...

'' 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 paramitis''Guerra-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 ''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 ...

'' 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 trispinis''Honeyman, 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

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* {{Taxonbar, from=Q3932187 Corophiida Amphipod genera