Skeleton shrimp

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Skeleton shrimp
Pariambus typicus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Crustacea Class: Malacostraca Superorder: Peracarida Order: Amphipoda Suborder: Caprellidea Infraorder: Caprellida Leach, 1814
Families
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Skeleton shrimp are marine crustaceans of the infraorder Caprellida. The name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them virtually to disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed. Most species are predators, some are filter feeders. They remain motionless for long periods of time while waiting to ambush their prey, often protozoa or small worms. Females of some species of skeleton shrimp kill the males after mating, using venom injected by a venomous claw.

Contents 1 Some species 2 Families 3 References 4 External links

[edit] Some species

• Caprella laeviuscula smooth skeleton shrimp
• Aeginella longicornis long-horn skeleton shrimp

[edit] Families

Superfamily Aetiopedesoidea

• Aetiopedesidae
• Paragammaropsidae

Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814

• Caprellidae Leach, 1814
• Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov and Vassilenko, 1966
• Cyamidae
• Dulichiidae
• Podoceridae

Superfamily Isaeoidea

• Isaeidae

Superfamily Microprotopoidea

• Microprotopodidae

Superfamily Neomegamphopoidea

• Neomegamphopodidae
• Priscomilitariidae

Superfamily Photoidea

• Ischyroceridae
• Kamakidae
• Photidae

Superfamily Rakirooidae

• Rakiroidae

[edit] References

• the Amphipod Newsletter.
• Taxonomy of Caprellida from ITIS.

[edit] External links

• Some information on Caprella bathytatos.