MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935

WRiMS taxon details

Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935

Caprella mutica - female

AphiaID

146768 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146768)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Species

Parent

Caprella Lamarck, 1801

Original name

Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935

Synonymised names

Caprella macho Platvoet, de Bruyne & Gmelig Meyling, 1995 · unaccepted (junior synonym)

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Original description

Schurin, A. (1935). Zur Fauna der Caprelliden der Bucht Peters der Grosse (Japanisches Meer. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 112: 198-203.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935. Accessed through: Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stepien, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025) World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS) at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146768 on 2025-05-12

Thematic species database citation

Costello, M. J.; Ahyong, S.; Bieler, R.; Boudouresque, C.; Desiderato, A.; Downey, R.; Galil, B. S.; Gollasch, S.; Hutchings, P.; Kamburska, L.; Katsanevakis, S.; Kupriyanova, E.; Lejeusne, C.; Ma, K. C. K.; Marchini, A.; Occhipinti, A.; Pagad, S.; Pino, L.; Poore, G. C. B.; Rewicz, T.; Rius, M.; Robinson, T. B.; Sobczyk, R.; Stępień, A.; Turon, X.; Valls Domedel, G.; Verleye, T.; Vieira, L. M.; Willan, R. C.; Zhan, A. (2025). World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS). Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/introduced/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146768 on 2025-05-12

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2005-01-31 08:36:51Z

created

Cuvelier, Daphne

2007-01-03 09:05:25Z

changed

Vanden Berghe, Edward

2009-11-18 12:16:11Z

checked

Lowry, Jim

[taxonomic tree]

original description Schurin, A. (1935). Zur Fauna der Caprelliden der Bucht Peters der Grosse (Japanisches Meer. Zoologischer Anzeiger. 112: 198-203.
page(s): 198 [details] Available for editors

original description (of Caprella macho Platvoet, de Bruyne & Gmelig Meyling, 1995) Platvoet, D., de Bruyne, R.H., Gmelig Meyling, A.W. (1995). Description of a new Caprella-species from the Netherlands: Caprella macho nov. spec. (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae). Bulletin Zoölogisch Museum, Universiteit van Amsterdam. 15(1): 1-4. [details] Available for editors

context source (Introduced species) Katsanevakis, S.; Bogucarskis, K.; Gatto, F.; Vandekerkhove, J.; Deriu, I.; Cardoso A.S. (2012). Building the European Alien Species Information Network (EASIN): a novel approach for the exploration of distributed alien species data. BioInvasions Records. 1: 235-245., available online at http://easin.jrc.ec.europa.eu [details] Available for editors

context source (Schelde) (2010). Bedreiging voor biodiversiteit. Indicatoren voor het Schelde-estuarium. Opgemaakt in opdracht van Afdeling Maritieme Toegang, projectgroep EcoWaMorSe, Vlaams Nederlandse Scheldecommissie. VLIZ Information Sheets, 200. Vlaams Instituut voor de Zee (VLIZ): Oostende. 7 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details]

basis of record Ashton, G.; Karin Boos, Richard Shucksmith and Elizabeth Cook (2006). Rapid assessment of the distribution of marine non-native species in marinas in Scotland. Aquatic invasions 1(4): 209-213. [details]

additional source Webber, W.R., G.D. Fenwick, J.M. Bradford-Grieve, S.G. Eagar, J.S. Buckeridge, G.C.B. Poore, E.W. Dawson, L. Watling, J.B. Jones, J.B.J. Wells, N.L. Bruce, S.T. Ahyong, K. Larsen, M.A. Chapman, J. Olesen, J.S. Ho, J.D. Green, R.J. Shiel, C.E.F. Rocha, A. Lörz, G.J. Bird & W.A. Charleston. (2010). Phylum Arthropoda Subphylum Crustacea: shrimps, crabs, lobsters, barnacles, slaters, and kin. in: Gordon, D.P. (Ed.) (2010). New Zealand inventory of biodiversity: 2. Kingdom Animalia: Chaetognatha, Ecdysozoa, Ichnofossils. pp. 98-232 (COPEPODS 21 pp.). [details] Available for editors

additional source Turcotte, C.; Sainte Marie, B. (2009). Biological synopsis of the Japanese skeleton shrimp Caprella mutica. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. 2903: 1-26., available online at http://publications.gc.ca/collections/collection_2010/mpo-dfo/Fs97-4-2903-eng.pdf [details]

additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review. 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors

Present

Inaccurate

Introduced: alien

Containing type locality

From editor or global species database

Introduced species impact Canadian part of the Gulf of St-Lawrence (Marine Region) Other impact - undefined or uncertain
Through both a broad-scale survey and small-scale field experiments, we show that Ciona recruitment is drastically reduced by caprellid amphipods, including the NIS Caprella mutica. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal South African part of the South Atlantic Ocean (Marine Region) Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal United States part of the North Pacific Ocean (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]

From regional or thematic species database

Introduced species abundance in United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) : Common [details]

Introduced species abundance in English Channel (IHO Sea Area) : Common [details]

Introduced species abundance in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Common [details]

Introduced species abundance in German part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Dominant [details]

Introduced species impact in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) : Water abstraction or nuisance fouling [details]

Introduced species impact in Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in Belgian part of the North Sea : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in New Zealand (Nation) : Other impact - undefined or uncertain [details]

Introduced species impact in Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Water abstraction or nuisance fouling [details]

Introduced species remark In Germany (Nation) : Studies of its economic and ecological impacts are limited, but observations indicate that C. mutica can affect aquaculture operations, displace native caprellids, and affect the feeding of native fishes (Ashton 2006; Page et al. 2007; Shucksmith et al. 2009; Turcotte and Sainte Marie 2009). [details]

Introduced species remark In French part of the English Channel (Marine Region) : Studies of its economic and ecological impacts are limited, but observations indicate that C. mutica can affect aquaculture operations, displace native caprellids, and affect the feeding of native fishes (Ashton 2006; Page et al. 2007; Shucksmith et al. 2009; Turcotte and Sainte Marie 2009). [details]

Introduced species remark In New Zealand (Nation) : Studies of its economic and ecological impacts are limited, but observations indicate that C. mutica can affect aquaculture operations, displace native caprellids, and affect the feeding of native fishes (Ashton 2006; Page et al. 2007; Shucksmith et al. 2009; Turcotte and Sainte Marie 2009). [details]

Introduced species remark In North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Studies of its economic and ecological impacts are limited, but observations indicate that C. mutica can affect aquaculture operations, displace native caprellids, and affect the feeding of native fishes (Ashton 2006; Page et al. 2007; Shucksmith et al. 2009; Turcotte and Sainte Marie 2009). [details]

Introduced species remark In Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marne Region) : Studies of its economic and ecological impacts are limited, but observations indicate that C. mutica can affect aquaculture operations, displace native caprellids, and affect the feeding of native fishes (Ashton 2006; Page et al. 2007; Shucksmith et al. 2009; Turcotte and Sainte Marie 2009). [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Belgian part of the North Sea: Ships: accidental with ballast water, sea water systems, live wells or other deck basins [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in French part of the English Channel (Marine Region) : Caprellids are capable of long-distance dispersal on floating seaweeds or other objects, but ballast water, ship fouling, and the culture of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are likely vectors for the transport of C. mutica to different regions of the world. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Caprellids are capable of long-distance dispersal on floating seaweeds or other objects, but ballast water, ship fouling, and the culture of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are likely vectors for the transport of C. mutica to different regions of the world. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Human activities in coastal waters such as shipping and the movement of small boats around the coast, and aquaculture activities are the factors most likely to influence the spread and distribution of Caprella mutica.
Potential for transport in ballast or [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Fisheries: accidental with deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Shipping [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Germany (Nation) : Caprellids are capable of long-distance dispersal on floating seaweeds or other objects, but ballast water, ship fouling, and the culture of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are likely vectors for the transport of C. mutica to different regions of the world. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in New Zealand (Nation) : Caprellids are capable of long-distance dispersal on floating seaweeds or other objects, but ballast water, ship fouling, and the culture of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are likely vectors for the transport of C. mutica to different regions of the world. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in North Sea (IHO Sea Area) : Caprellids are capable of long-distance dispersal on floating seaweeds or other objects, but ballast water, ship fouling, and the culture of Pacific Oysters (Crassostrea gigas) are likely vectors for the transport of C. mutica to different regions of the world. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in United Kingdom part of the Celtic Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: general [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in English Channel (IHO Sea Area) : Human activities in coastal waters such as shipping and the movement of small boats around the coast, and aquaculture activities are the factors most likely to influence the spread and distribution of Caprella mutica.
Potential for transport in ballast or [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Natural dispersal [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Dutch part of the North Sea : Could have been arti?cially introduced from other man-made constructions and habitats. [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in New Zealand (Nation) : Ships: accidental as attached or free-living fouling organisms [details]

Introduced species vector dispersal in Norwegian part of the North Sea (Marine Region) : Ships: general [details]

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