Species Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
- Caprella equilibra Say, T. 1818. An account of the Crustacea of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1(2): 235-253, 313-319, 374-401, 423-441 [391].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown (possibly in ANSP), South Carolina, USA. - Caprella januarii Krøyer, H.N. 1843. Beskrivelse af nogle Arter og Slaegter af Caprellina; med indledende Bemaerkninger om Laemodipoda og deres Plads i Systemet. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Kjøbenhavn 4(6): 490-518, 585-616 pls 6-8 [499, pl. 6 figs 14-20].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. - Caprella esmarkii Boeck, A. 1861. Bemaerkninger angaaende de ved de norske kyster forekommende Amphipoder. Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres Möte Kobenhavn 8: 631-677 [674].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Beian, Trondheimsfjord, Norway. - Caprella laticornis Boeck, A. 1861. Bemaerkninger angaaende de ved de norske kyster forekommende Amphipoder. Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres Möte Kobenhavn 8: 631-677 [675].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Beian, Trondheimsfjord, Norway. - Caprella ultima Spence Bate, C. 1858. On some new genera and species of Crustacea Amphipoda. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3 1: 361-362 [364, pl. 57 fig. 9].
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Syntype(s) BMNH, unrecorded locality. - Caprella monacantha Heller, C. 1866. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Amphipoden des Adriatischen Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 26(2): 1-62 pls 1-4 [54, pl. 4 figs 17-19].
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Syntype(s) whereabouts unknown, Pirano, Lesina and Curzola, Italy. - Caprella obtusa Heller, C. 1866. Beiträge zur näheren Kenntniss der Amphipoden des Adriatischen Meeres. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Wien 26(2): 1-62 pls 1-4 [54, pl. 4 fig. 16].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, Lesina, Italy. - Caprella gigas Costa, A. 1867. Saggio della collezione de' Crostacei del Mediterraneo del Museo Zoologico della Universita di Napoli spedito alla Esposizione di Parigi del 1867. Annuario dell'Istituto e Museo di Zoologia dell'Università di Napoli 1864 4: 38-46 pl. 3 [45].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, "Golfo di Napoli", Italy. - Caprella megacephala Milne Edwards, A. 1868. Description de quelques Crustacés nouveaux provenant des voyages de M. Alfred Grandidier a Zanzibar et a Madagascar. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. Paris 4: 69-92 pls 19-21 [89, pl. 20 fig. 12].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown, "cap Sainte-Marie", Madagascar. - Caprella caudata Thomson, G.M. 1879. New Zealand Crustacea with descriptions of new species. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute 11: 230-248 pl. 10 [246, pl. 10 fig. D5].
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Syntype(s) OMNZ, Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand. - Caprella obesa Haswell, W.A. 1879. On some additional new genera and species of amphipodous crustaceans. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 4(3): 319-356 pls 18-24 [348, pl. 24 fig. 10] [junior homonym of Caprella obesa Beneden, 1861].
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Status unknown, whereabouts unknown (presumed lost), Clark Is., Port Jackson [NSW]. - Caprella mendax Mayer, P. 1903. Die Caprellidae der Siboga-Expedition. Siboga Expéditie Monographie 34: 1-160 pls 1-10 [114, pl. 5 figs 9-11].
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Syntype(s) USNM, Pacific Grove, Santa Barbara and San Diego, California, USA.
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. [19]
Distribution
States
New South Wales, Tasmania, Western Australia
Extra Distribution Information
Temperate, cosmopolitan.
IMCRA
Central Western Shelf Province (29), Southwest Shelf Transition (30), Southwest Shelf Province (31), 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, Tas. Coast
Ecological Descriptors
Continental shelf, littoral, marine, sublittoral.
Extra Ecological Information
Epizoic.
General References
Arimoto, I. 1976. Taxonomic studies of caprellids (Crustacea, Amphipoda, Caprellidae) found in the Japanese and adjacent waters. Special Publications of the Seto Marine Biology Laboratory, Kyoto University 3: 1-229 [195]
Briggs, E.A. 1914. Notes on Tasmanian Caprellidae. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 1914: 75-80 [79]
Guiler, E.R. 1954. Some collections of caprellids from Tasmania. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 12 7(79): 531-553 [532]
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 [35]
History of changes
| Published | As part of group | Action Date | Action Type | Compiler(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 05-Aug-2022 | AMPHIPODA | 07-Jul-2014 | MODIFIED | Dr Jim Lowry (AM) |
| 05-Aug-2022 | 22-Nov-2012 | MODIFIED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 08-Jun-2011 | MOVED | ||
| 05-Aug-2022 | 31-Mar-2010 | ADDED | ||
| 09-Mar-2010 | MODIFIED |