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Skeleton Shrimps

Caprellidae Leach 1814

Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Caprellidae Leach 1814
Family recognized by EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Caprellidae
Family recognized by wikipedia русскую Википедию, wikipedia NL, wikipedia NO, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1, NCBI, wikipedia emerging languages, GBIF classification, NCBI GGBN GBIF BHL BOLDS data coverage, wikidata_hierarchy tar gz, wikipedia DE, wikipedia ES, wikipedia FR, wikipedia EN, Wikidata Common Names, Wikimedia Commons, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, iNaturalist data coverage, Wikipedia (inferred records), and GBIF data coverage
Caprellidae
Recognized by Egypt Species List, Moorea Biocode, Moorea Biocode, Australia Species List, Belgium Species List, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, Chile Species List, China Species List, Denmark Species List, Falkland Islands Species List, France Species List, Germany Species List, Greece Species List, Greenland Species List, Ireland Species List, Isle of Man Species List, Italy Species List, Kazakhstan Species List, Morocco Species List, New Zealand Species List, Norway Species List, Papua New Guinea Species List, Philippines Species List, Portugal Species List, Russia Species List, Saint Helena Ascension and Tristan da Cunha, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, Spain Species List, Sweden Species List, Territory of the French Southern and Antarctic Lands, The Netherlands Species List, Turkmenistan Species List, Ukraine Species List, United Kingdom Species List, Argentina Species List, Japan Species List, Indonesia Species List, Mexico Species List, Alboran Sea Species List, Arafura Sea Species List, Baffin Bay Species List, Balearic Sea Species List, Arctic Ocean Species List, Banda Sea Species List, Barents Sea Species List, Bay of Biscay Species List, Bay of Fundy Species List, Beaufort Sea Species List, Bering Sea Species List, Bass Strait Species List, Bismarck Sea Species List, Black Sea Species List, Bristol Channel Species List, Celtic Sea Species List, Chukchi Sea Species List, Coral Sea Species List, Davis Strait Species List, Eastern China Sea Species List, English Channel Species List, Great Australian Bight Species List, Greenland Sea Species List, Gulf of Mexico Species List, Gulf of St Lawrence Species List, Inner Seas off the West Coast of Scotland Species, Indian Ocean Species List, Irish Sea Species List, Kara Sea Species List, Labrador Sea Species List, Laccadive Sea Species List, Laptev Sea Species List, Kattegat Species List, Malacca Strait Species List, Mozambique Channel Species List, North Atlantic Species List, North Pacific Species List, North Sea Species List, Sea of Japan Species List, Philippine Sea Species List, Seto Inland Sea Species List, Singapore Strait Species List, Skagerrak Species List, South China Sea Species List, Strait of Gibraltar Species List, Tyrrhenian Sea Species List, Southern Ocean Species List, Tasman Sea Species List, South Atlantic Species List, South Pacific Species List, Furui 2020, Aegean Sea Species List, United States Species List, and Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology
Caprellidae Leach 1814
Family recognized by Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023 and World Register of Marine Species
Caprellidae Leach 1814
Recognized by Caprellids LifeDesk
Pariambidae Laubitz 1993
Family recognized by Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Alternative Names

Aeginellidae Leach 1814
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Pariambidae Laubitz 1993
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Phtisicidae
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Phtisicoidea Vassilenko 1968
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Protellidae McCain 1970
Not accepted according to EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022
Reference taxon from World Register of Marine Species
Caaprella
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Caprellidae
Harvest ancestor according to Undersea Productions, Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species, GBIF national node type records UK, GBIF national node type records France, GBIF national node type records Brazil, GBIF national node type records Sweden, Mozambique Species List, GBIF national node type records Germany, NMNH type specimens, iDigBio type specimen records, iDigBio type specimen records, Queirós et al 2013, iNaturalist, NMNH Collection, Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Simpson et al 2020, BioImages, the virtual fieldguide, UK, TreatmentBank, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Caprellinoididae
Synonym according to NCBI
Eugastraulax Schurin 1935
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Liropes
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Pariambidae
Harvest ancestor according to Flickr Group, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Global Biotic Interactions
Pariambidae
Synonym according to NCBI
Pedrotrina
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Phtisicidae
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions and Global Biotic Interactions
Phtisicidae
Synonym according to NCBI
Protellidae
Synonym according to NCBI

Common Names

English

skeleton shrimps preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Chinese

麦秆虫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Dutch; Flemish

spookkreeftjes preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
hongerlijders
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species
wandelende geraamten
prefer
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

French

Caprelles preferred
Recognized by World Register of Marine Species

Japanese

ワレカラ科 preferred
Recognized by Furui 2020 and World Register of Marine Species
ワレカラ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Kirghiz; Kyrgyz

Деңизчебичтер preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Navajo; Navaho

Táłtłʼááh dííłdzid yiyánítʼą́ʼí preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Norwegian

Spøkelseskreps preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Persian

میگوهای اسکلتی preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Cn

麦秆虫科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names

Zh Tw

麦稈蟲科 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata Common Names
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Curated hierarchies for Caprellidae Leach 1814

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy April 2022

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida Calman 1904
Amphipoda Latreille 1816
Senticaudata Lowry & Myers 2013
Corophiida Leach 1814
Caprellidira Leach 1814
Caprelloidea Leach 1814
Caprellidae Leach 1814 (this page)
Caprellinae Leach 1814
Eugastraulax Schurin 1935
Haploarthron Schurin 1935
Paracercopinae Vassilenko 1972
Phtisicinae Vassilenko 1968
Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko 1966
Cyamidae Rafinesque 1815
Dulichiidae Dana 1849
Podoceridae Leach 1814

Catalogue of Life 7 February 2023

Biota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Senticaudata Lowry & Myers 2013
Corophiida Leach 1814
Caprellidira Leach 1814
Caprelloidea Leach 1814
Caprellidae Leach 1814 (this page)
Caprellinae Leach 1814
Paracercopinae Vassilenko 1972
Phtisicinae Vassilenko 1968
Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko 1966
Cyamidae Rafinesque 1815
Dulichiidae Dana 1849
Podoceridae Leach 1814

EOL Dynamic Hierarchy 1.1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Pancrustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida
Amphipoda
Caprelloidea
Caprellidae (this page)
Abyssicaprella
Abyssododecas
Aciconula
Aeginella
Aeginellopsis
Aeginina
Aeginoides
Borikenella
Caprella
Caprellaporema
Caprellina
Caprellinoides
Cercops
Chaka
Cubadeutella
Deutella
Dodecas
Dodecasella
Eupariambus
Hemiaegina
Hemiproto
Heterocaprella
Hircella
Jigurru
Liriarchus
Liriopes
Liropropus
Liropus
Mantacaprella
Mayerella
Mayericaprella
Metacaprella
Metaprotella
Metaproto
Microtripus
Monoliropus
Noculacia
Notoprotomima
Orthoprotella
Paedaridium
Paracaprella
Paracercops
Paradeutella
Paradicaprella
Paraprotella
Paraproto
Pariambus
Parvipalpina
Parvipalpus
Pedoculina
Pedonculocaprella
Pedotrina
Perotripus
Phtisica
Postoparacaprella
Prellicana
Premohemiaegina
Pretritella
Proaeginina
Proliropus
Propodalirius
Protella
Protellina
Protellopsis
Protoaeginella
Protogeton
Protomima
Protoplesius
Prototritella
Pseudaeginella
Pseudocaprellina
Pseudocercops
Pseudododecas
Pseudolirius
Pseudoliropus
Pseudoprellicana
Pseudoprotella
Pseudoproto
Pseudoprotomima
Quadrisegmentum
Selvacaprella
Semidodecas
Symmetrella
Tanzacaprella
Thorina
Triantella
Triliropus
Triperopus
Triprotella
Tritella
Tropicaprella
Verrucaprella
Caprogammaridae
Cyamidae
Dulichiidae
Podoceridae

GBIF classification

Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Caprellidae (this page)
Abyssicaprella Mc Cain 1966
Abyssododecas Takeuchi, Tomikawa & Lindsay 2016
Aciconula Mayer 1903
Aeginella Boeck 1861
Aeginellopsis Arimoto 1970
Aeginina Norman 1905
Aeginoides Schellenberg 1926
Borikenella Guerra-García, Chatterjee & Schizas 2015
Caprella Lamarck 1801
Caprellaporema Guerra-García 2003
Caprellina Thomson 1879
Caprellinoides Stebbing 1888
Cercops Krøyer 1843
Chaka Griffiths 1974
Cubadeutella Ortiz, Guerra-García & Lalana 2009
Deutella Mayer 1890
Dodecas Stebbing 1883
Dodecasella K. H. Barnard 1931
Eupariambus K. H. Barnard 1957
Hemiaegina Mayer 1890
Hemiproto Mc Cain 1968
Heterocaprella Arimoto 1976
Hircella Mayer 1882
Jigurru Guerra-García 2006
Liriarchus Mayer 1912
Liriopes Arimoto 1978
Liropropus Laubitz 1995
Liropus Mayer 1890
Mantacaprella Vázquez-Luis, Guerra-García, Carvalho & Png-Gonzalez 2013
Mayerella Huntsman 1915
Mayericaprella Guerra-García 2006
Metacaprella Mayer 1903
Metaprotella Mayer 1890
Metaproto Mayer 1903
Microtripus Lim, Rahim & Takeuchi 2012
Monoliropus Mayer 1903
Noculacia Mayer 1903
Notoprotella Takeuchi & Lowry 2019
Notoprotomima Takeuchi & Lowry 2015
Orthoprotella Mayer 1903
Paedaridium Mayer 1903
Paracaprella Mayer 1890
Paracercops Vassilenko 1972
Paradeutella Mayer 1890
Paradicaprella Hirayama 1990
Paraprotella Mayer 1903
Paraproto Mayer 1903
Pariambus Stebbing 1888
Parvipalpina Stephensen 1944
Parvipalpus Mayer 1890
Pedoculina Carausu 1941
Pedonculocaprella Kaim-Malka 1983
Pedotrina Arimoto 1978
Perotripus Dougherty & Steinberg 1953
Phtisica Slabber 1769
Postoparacaprella Arimoto 1981
Prellicana Mayer 1903
Premohemiaegina Arimoto 1978
Pretritella Arimoto 1980
Proaeginina Stephensen 1940
Proliropus Mayer 1903
Propodalirius Mayer 1903
Protella Dana 1852
Protellina Stephensen 1944
Protellopsis Stebbing 1888
Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills 1972
Protogeton Mayer 1903
Protomima Mayer 1903
Protoplesius Mayer 1903
Prototritella Arimoto 1977
Pseudaeginella Mayer 1890
Pseudocaprellina Sundara Raj 1927
Pseudocercops Vassilenko 1972
Pseudododecas Mc Cain & Gray 1971
Pseudolirius Mayer 1890
Pseudoliropus Laubitz 1970
Pseudoprellicana Guerra-García 2006
Pseudoprotella Mayer 1890
Pseudoproto Mayer 1903
Pseudoprotomima Mc Cain 1969
Quadrisegmentum Hirayama 1988
Selvacaprella Guerra-García, Tato & Moreira 2018
Semidodecas Laubitz 1995
Symmetrella Laubitz 1995
Tanzacaprella Guerra-García 2001
Thorina Stephensen 1944
Triantella Mayer 1903
Triliropus Mayer 1903
Triperopus Mayer 1903
Triprotella Arimoto 1970
Tritella Mayer 1890
Tropicaprella Guerra-García & Takeuchi 2003
Verrucaprella Laubitz 1995
Acanthogammaridae
Acanthonotozomatidae
Acanthonotozomellidae
Allocrangonyctidae
Amaryllididae
Ampeliscidae
Ampithoidae
Anisogammaridae
Aoridae
Archaeoscinidae
Aristiidae
Astyridae
Atylidae
Bateidae
Bolttsiidae
Brachyscelidae
Calliopiidae
Caprogammaridae
Carangoliopsidae
Caspicolidae
Cheidae
Cheluridae
Chuneolidae
Condukiidae
Corophiidae
Crangonyctidae
Cressidae
Cyphocarididae
Cyproideidae
Cystisomatidae
Dairellidae
Dexaminidae
Didymocheliidae
Dikwidae
Dogielinotidae
Dulichiidae
Eophliantidae
Epimeriidae
Eulimnogammaridae
Eurytheneidae
Gainella Chevreux 1911
Gammaridae
Gammaroporeiidae
Haustoriidae
Hyalellidae
Hyalidae
Iciliidae
Ingolfiellidae
Ipanemidae
Kamakidae
Kergueleniidae
Kuriidae
Lafystiidae
Lepechinellidae
Lycaeopsidae
Macrohectopidae
Maxillipiidae
Megaluropidae
Melphidippidae
Mesogammaridae
Metacrangonyctidae
Metaingolfiellidae
Micruropidae
Neoniphargidae
Nihotungidae
Niphargidae
Pachyschesidae
Pagetinidae
Palasseidae
Paracalliopidae
Paracrangonyctidae
Paragammaropsidae
Paraleptamphopidae
Paramelitidae
Paramphithoidae
Perthiidae
Photidae
Phoxocephalopsidae
Phreatogammaridae
Plioplateidae
Podoprionidae
Pontogammaridae
Pontogeneiidae
Pseudamphilochidae
Salentinellidae
Sicafodiidae
Sinurothoidae
Sternophysingidae
Temnophliantidae
Thurstonellidae
Trischizostomatidae
Tryphanidae
Tulearidae
Typhlogammaridae
Unciolidae
Urohaustoriidae
Valettiidae
Vicmusiidae
Wandinidae
Zobrachoidae
156 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.

Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Hierarchy

Animalia
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Crustacea Brünnich 1772
Malacostraca Latreille 1802
Eumalacostraca Grobben 1892
Peracarida Calman 1904
Amphipoda Latreille 1816
Caprellidea Leach 1814
Caprellida Leach 1814
Caprelloidea Leach 1814
Pariambidae Laubitz 1993 (this page)
Deutella Mayer 1890
Hemiaegina Mayer 1890
Luconacia Mayer
Paracaprella Mayer 1890
Pariambus Stebbing 1906
Caprellidae Leach 1814
Caprellinoididae Laubitz 1993
Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko 1966
Paracercopidae Vassilenko 1968
Protellidae McCain 1970

NCBI

root
cellular organisms
Eukaryota
Opisthokonta
Metazoa
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Panarthropoda
Arthropoda
Mandibulata
Pancrustacea
Crustacea
Multicrustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida
Amphipoda
Senticaudata
Corophiida
Caprellidira
Caprelloidea
Caprellidae (this page)
Aeginina
Caprella
Metacaprella
Monoliropus
Paracaprella
Perotripus
Phtisica
Protella
Protogeton
Protomima
Pseudoprotella
unclassified Caprellidae
Caprogammaridae
Cyamidae
Dulichiidae
Podoceridae

wikidata_hierarchy tar gz

Biota
Eukaryota
Unikonta
Opisthokonta
Holozoa
Filozoa
Apoikozoa
Animalia
Eumetazoa
Bilateria
Protostomia
Ecdysozoa
Arthropoda
Crustacea
Malacostraca
Eumalacostraca
Peracarida
Amphipoda
Caprellidae (this page)
Aeginella
Aeginina
Aeginoides
Caprella
Caprellina
Caprellinae
Chaka
Haploarthron
Hircella
Jigurru
Mantacaprella
Metacaprella
Metaproto
Monoliropus
Paracercopinae
Paradeutella
Paraprotella
Paraproto
Phtisicinae
Proaeginina
Protella
Protellina
Protoaeginella
Protogeton
Protomima
Protoplesius
Pseudoprotella
Pseudoprotomima
Symmetrella
Thorina
Acanthogammaridae
Alicellidae
Amaryllididae
Amathillopsidae
Amphilochidea
Amphithoidae
Anamixidae
Argissidae
Artesiidae
Astyridae
Bateidae
Biancolinidae
Bogidiellidae
Calliopiidae
Caprelloidea
Ceinidae
Colomastigidea
Corophidae
Corophiida
Corophiidea
Cressidae
Cyamidae
Cystisomatoidea
Derjugiana
Endevouridae
Eulimnogammaridae
Gainella
Gammaracanthidae
Gammaridea
Gammaroporeiidae
Hyalidae
Hyperiidea
Hyperiopsidae
Iciliidae
Ingolfiellidea
Kamakidae
Lafystidae
Lanceoloidea
Laphystiopsidae
Lepechinellidae
Luciobliviidae
Lycaeopsoidea
Macrohectopodidae
Megalanceolidae
Melphidippidae
Mesogammaridae
Micruropodidae
Najnidae
Neomegamphopidae
Nihotungidae
Ochlesidae
Odiidae
Opisidae
Orchestiidae
Paracrangonyctidae
Paraleptamphopiidae
Paraphronimidae
Perthiidae
Phliantidae
Phoxocephalidae
Phreatogammaridae
Phtisicidae
Pintaweckelia
Platyischnopidae
Platysceloidea
Pleustidae
Podoceridae
Pontogammaridae
Pontoporeiidae
Pseudingolfiellidae
Rakiroidae
Regaliidae
Sanchoidae
Scinoidea
Sebidae
Seborgiidae
Senticaudata
Sinurothoidae
Stilipedidae
Vibilioidea

World Register of Marine Species

Animalia
Arthropoda
Malacostraca
Amphipoda
Caprellidae Leach 1814 (this page)
Acanthonotozomatidae
Acanthonotozomatidae Stebbing 1906
Amathillopsidae
Amathillopsidae Pirlot 1934
Ampeliscidae
Ampeliscidae Krøyer 1842
Amphilochidae
Amphilochidae Boeck 1871
Ampithoidae
Ampithoidae Boeck 1871
Anisogammaridae
Anisogammaridae Bousfield 1977
Aoridae
Aoridae Stebbing 1899
Argissidae
Argissidae Walker 1904
Atylidae
Bogidiellidae
Bogidiellidae Hertzog 1936
Brachyscelidae Stephensen 1923
Calliopiidae
Caprellidae
Carangoliopsidae
Carangoliopsidae Bousfield 1977
Cheluridae
Cheluridae Allman 1847
Colomastigidae
Colomastigidae Chevreux 1899
Corophiidae
Corophiidae Leach 1814
Cressidae
Cressidae Stebbing 1899
Cyproideidae
Cystisomatidae Willemöes-Suhm 1875
Dairellidae Bovallius 1887
Dexaminidae
Dexaminidae Leach 1814
Epimeriidae
Epimeriidae Boeck 1871
Eusiridae
Eusiridae Stebbing 1888
Gammaracanthidae
Gammaracanthidae Bousfield 1989
Gammarellidae
Gammarellidae Bousfield 1977
Gammaridae
Gammaridae Latreille 1802
Haustoriidae
Haustoriidae Stebbing 1906
Hyalidae
Hyalidae Bulyčeva 1957
Hyperiidae Dana 1852
Hyperiopsidae
Hyperiopsidae Bovallius 1886
Iphimediidae
Iphimediidae Boeck 1871
Isaeidae
Isaeidae Dana 1852
Ischyroceridae
Ischyroceridae Stebbing 1899
Kuriidae
Lafystiidae Sars 1893
Lanceolidae Bovallius 1887
Laphystiopsidae Stebbing 1899
Lepechinellidae Schellenberg 1926
Leucothoidae Dana 1852
Liljeborgiidae Stebbing 1899
Lysianassidae Dana 1849
Megaluropidae Thomas & Barnard 1986
Melitidae Bousfield 1973
Melphidippidae Stebbing 1899
Mimonectidae Bovallius 1885
Odiidae Coleman & Barnard 1991
Oedicerotidae Lilljeborg 1865
Paramphithoidae
Parargissidae
Pardaliscidae Boeck 1871
Phliantidae Stebbing 1899
Photidae
Phoxocephalidae G. O. Sars 1891
Phronimidae Rafinesque 1815
Phrosinidae Dana 1852
Platyscelidae Spence Bate 1862
Pleustidae Buchholz 1874
Podoceridae Leach 1814
Pontogeneiidae
Pontoporeiidae Dana 1852
Pronoidae Dana 1852
Scinidae Stebbing 1888
Sebidae Walker 1908
Stegocephalidae Dana 1852
Stenothoidae Boeck 1871
Stilipedidae
Synopiidae Dana 1853
Talitridae Rafinesque 1815
Tryphanidae Boeck 1871
Unciolidae
Urothoidae Bousfield 1979
Valettidae Stebbing 1888
Vibiliidae Dana 1852
396 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
See the resource file for a full list.
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