Species under Caprella
n= 28
Species name Common name Distribution Max. Length (cm)
Caprella acanthifera
Leach, 1814
Northeast Atlantic and the Mediterranean
Caprella aequlibra
Say, 1818
Northwest Pacific
Caprella alaskana
Mayer, 1903
Alaskan skeleton shrimp Eastern Pacific
Caprella andreae
Mayer, 1890
Atlantic Ocean
Caprella bathytatos
Martin & Pettit, 1998
Northeast Pacific
Caprella ciliata
Sars, 1883
Arctic and Northwest Atlantic
Caprella danilevskii
Czerniavski, 1868
Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean
Caprella dubia
Hansen, 1887
Arctic and Northwest Atlantic
Caprella equilibra
Say, 1818
Skeleton shrimp Pacific Ocean, Western Central Atlantic and Antarctic
Caprella ferrea
Mayer, 1903
Northeast Pacific
Caprella gracilior
Mayer, 1903
Northeast Pacific
Caprella grandimana
Mayer, 1882
Mediterranean Sea
Caprella hirayamai
Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2003
Northwest Pacific
Caprella hirsuta
Mayer, 1890
Mediterranean Sea
Caprella irregularis
Mayer, 1890
Northeast Pacific
Caprella laeviuscula
Mayer, 1903
Northeast Pacific
Caprella linearis
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Northwest Pacific, Northern Atlantic and the Arctic
Caprella liparotensis
Haller, 1879
Mediterranean Sea
Caprella manneringi
McCain, 1979
Southwest Pacific
Caprella mendax
Mayer, 1903
Northeast Pacific
Caprella microtuberculata
unspecified
Arctic
Caprella mutica
Schurin, 1935
Japanese skeleton shrimp Asia outside Western Palearctic
Caprella penantis
Leach, 1814
Widespread
Caprella pustulata
Laubitz, 1970
Northeast Pacific
Caprella rinki
Stephensen, 1917
Arctic and Northwest Atlantic
Caprella scaura
Templeton, 1836
Western Pacific and Southwest Atlantic
Caprella septentrionalis
Krøyer, 1838
Northwest Pacific, Arctic and Northern Atlantic
Caprella striata
Mayer, 1903
Northeast Pacific
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