MarBEF Data System - ERMS - Caprellidae Leach, 1814

ERMS taxon details

Caprellidae Leach, 1814

Caprellidae, (2023, Fig.1)

AphiaID

101361 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101361)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Family

Parent

Caprelloidea Leach, 1814

Synonymised names

Pariambidae Laubitz, 1993 · unaccepted ((Status revised by Myers & Lowry, 2003))

Phtisicidae · unaccepted (Status revised by Myers & Lowry, 2003)

Phtisicoidea Vassilenko, 1968 · unaccepted (Status revised by Myers & Lowry (2003))

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Subfamily Caprellinae Leach, 1814
1. Genus Aeginella Boeck, 1861
2. Genus Aeginina Norman, 1905
3. Genus Caprella Lamarck, 1801
4. Genus Deutella Mayer, 1890
5. Genus Liropus Mayer, 1890
6. Genus Pariambus Stebbing, 1888
7. Genus Parvipalpus Mayer, 1890
8. Genus Pedoculina Carausu, 1941
9. Genus Proaeginina Stephensen, 1940
10. Genus Protella Dana, 1853
11. Genus Protellina Stephensen, 1944
12. Genus Protoaeginella Laubitz & Mills, 1972
13. Genus Pseudolirius Mayer, 1890
14. Genus Pseudoprotella Mayer, 1890
15. Genus Aegina Krøyer, 1843 accepted as Aeginina Norman, 1905 (Homonym of Aegina Eschscholtz, 1829 (Coelenterata))
Subfamily Phtisicinae Vassilenko, 1968
1. Genus Phtisica Slabber, 1769
Genus Podalirius Krøyer, 1845 accepted as Pariambus Stebbing, 1888 (Homonym of Podalirius Latreille (Hymenoptera) and Podalirius Swainson, 1833 (Lepidoptera))
Genus Proto Leach, 1814 accepted as Phtisica Slabber, 1769

Environment

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

Original description

Not documented

Taxonomic citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilaş-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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Caprellidae Leach, 1814. Accessed through: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026) European Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101361 on 2026-07-06

Regional species database citation

Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvanitidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2026). European Register of Marine Species. Caprellidae Leach, 1814. Accessed at: https://www.marbef.org/data/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101361 on 2026-07-06

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

created

Bellan-Santini, Denise

2004-12-21 15:54:05Z

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Costello, Mark J.

2005-05-02 07:36:34Z

changed

Cuvelier, Daphne

2005-12-27 19:49:34Z

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Vanden Berghe, Edward

2007-01-29 08:28:04Z

changed

De Broyer, Claude

2007-01-31 14:08:53Z

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De Broyer, Claude

2019-09-26 07:55:20Z

changed

Horton, Tammy

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basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp. (look up in RoR) [details] Available for editors

additional source Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp. (look up in RoR) [details]

additional source De Broyer, C.; Lowry, J.K.; Jazdzewski, K. & Robert, H. (2007). Catalogue of the Gammaridean and Corophiidean Amphipoda (Crustacea) of the Southern Ocean, with distribution and ecological data. In: De Broyer C. (ed.). Census of Antarctic Marine Life: Synopsis of the Amphipoda of the Southern Ocean. Vol. I. Bulletin de l'Institut royal des Sciences naturelles de Belgique, Biologie. 77, suppl. 1: 1-325. [details]

identification resource Guerra-Garcia, J. M. (2006). Caprellidae (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Great Barrier Reef and Adjacent Localities. Records of the Australian Museum. 58(3): 417-458., available online at http://www.australianmuseum.net.au/Uploads/Journals/18041/1451_complete.pdf [details] Available for editors

identification resource Paz-Ríos, C. E.; Guerra-García, J. M.; Ardisson, P.-L. (2014). Caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from the Gulf of Mexico, with observations onDeutella mayeri, redescription ofMetaprotella hummelincki, a taxonomic key and zoogeographical comments. Journal of Natural History. 48(41-42): 2517-2578., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00222933.2014.931481 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Guerra-Garcia, J.M. (2012). CAPRELLIDEA: Identification guide to British caprellids. NMBAQC workshop 2012. [details] Available for editors

identification resource Guerra-García, J. M.; Navarro-Barranco, C.; Corzo, J.; Cobos-Muñoz, V.; García-Adiego, E. M.; Giménez, F. S.; García-Gómez, J. C. (2012). An illustrated key to the soft-bottom caprellids (Crustacea: Amphipoda) of the Iberian Peninsula and remarks to their ecological distribution along the Andalusian coast. Helgoland Marine Research. 67(2): 321-336., available online at https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-012-0324-1 [details] Available for editors

identification resource Myers A.A. & Lowry J.K. (2003). A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology, 23: 443-485. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2 [details] Available for editors