Scientific name Caprella Rank Genus | ||
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Similar Caprellidae, Amphipoda, Crustacean, Caprelloidea, Caprella linearis | ||
Caprella andreae
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).
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Caprella skeleton shrimp
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