Genus Caprella Lamarck, 1801

Museums

Regional Maps

• Caprella Lamarck, J.B. 1801. Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou, tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaus; présentant leurs caractères essentials et leur distribution, d'après la considération de leurs rapports naturels et de leur organisation, et suivant l'arrangement établi dans les galeries du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, parmi leurs dépouilles conservées; précéde du Discours d'ouverture de l'an VIII de la République. Paris : Déterville viii 432 pp. [165].

  Type species:

   Cancer linearis Linnaeus, 1767 by subsequent designation, see Latreille, P.A. 1810. Considération Générales sur l'Order Naturel des Animaux Composant les Classes des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes; avec un Tableau Méthodique de leurs Genres Disposés en Familles. Paris : F. Schoell viii 444 pp. [this work is the subject of Opinions 11 and 136, ICZN, and is on the Official List of Works approved as available for Zoological Nomenclature] [104, 423].
• Liparis Bosc, L.A.G. 1802. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, contenant leur description et leurs Moeurs, 1 and 2, 1: 148–152. Paris. [79] [junior homonym of Liparis Scopoli, 1777].

  Type species:

   Squilla lobata Müller, 1776 by monotypy.
• Capreola De Brébisson, L.A. 1825. Catalogue méthodique des Crustacés terrestres, fluviatiles et marins, recueillis dans le départment du Calvados, lu a la Séance du 14 mars 1825. Caen : Société Linnéenne du Department du Calvados 225-270 pp. [252] [erroneous spelling of Caprella Lamarck, 1801].
• Haploarthron Schurin, A. 1935. Zur Fauna des Caprelliden der Bucht Peters des Groben (Japanisches Meer). Zoologischer Anzeiger 112(7/8): 198-203 [202].

  Type species:

   Haploarthron laeve Schurin, 1935 by monotypy.

 

Taxonomic Decision for Synonymy

• McCain, J.C. & Steinberg, J.E. 1970. Part 2. Amphipoda I Caprellidea I Fam. Caprellidae. pp. 1-78 in Gruner, H.-E & Holthuis, L.B. (eds). Crustaceorum Catalogus. Den Haag : Dr W. Junk N.V. [8]

 

Excluded Taxa

Misidentifications

CAPRELLIDAE: Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890 [This species is geographically distinguished and restricted to Japan. For records originating in Australia, refer to C. tamboensis.] — Takeuchi, I., Nagano, K. & Keable, S.J. 2022. A New Species of Caprella (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidae) from Gippsland Lakes, Australia, with a Redescription of Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890 from Northern Japan. Records of the Australian Museum 74(1): 1–12

CAPRELLIDAE: Caprella septentrionalis Kroyer, 1838 [this record is now considered to be a misidentified species (J.M. Guerra-García in litt.)] — Poore, G.C.B., Rainer, S.F., Spies, R.B. & Ward, E. 1975. The zoobenthos program in Port Phillip Bay, 1969–73. Fisheries and Wildlife Technical Paper, Victoria 7: 1-78 (recorded this species from Australia)

 

Distribution

States

New South Wales, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia

Extra Distribution Information

Cosmopolitan.

IBRA and IMCRA regions

drainage basins and coastal and oceanic zones

IBRA

Tas, Vic: South East Coastal Plain (SCP), Tasmanian South East (TSE)

IMCRA

Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), Spencer Gulf Shelf Province (33), Western Bass Strait Shelf Transition (34), Bass Strait Shelf Province (35), Tasmanian Shelf Province (36), Southeast Shelf Transition (37), Central Eastern Shelf Province (38)

Original AFD Distribution Data

Australian Region

• Australia
  • 200 m bathymetric: Bass Strait, Lower E coast, Lower W coast, S Gulfs coast, Tas. Coast
  • Tasmania: Bass Strait
  • Western Australia: Lower W coast

Distribution References

History of changes

Published	As part of group	Action Date	Action Type	Compiler(s)
11-Apr-2024	CAPRELLIDAE Leach, 1814	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	PERACARIDA Calman, 1904	21-Mar-2024	MODIFIED	Lauren Timms (NMV) Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	CAPRELLIDAE Leach, 1814	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Genefor Walker-Smith (NMV)
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA Latreille, 1816	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Shane Ahyong (AM)
05-Aug-2022	CAPRELLIDAE Leach, 1814	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Lyn Randall
05-Aug-2022	AMPHIPODA	11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED	Dr Jim Lowry (AM)
05-Aug-2022		11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		08-Jun-2011	MOVED
05-Aug-2022		11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
05-Aug-2022		31-Mar-2010	ADDED
05-Aug-2022		11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED
		11-Apr-2024	MODIFIED