Caprella linearis

Caprella linearis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Caprella
Species: C. linearis
Binomial name
Caprella linearis
(Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Cancer linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
  • Caprella laevis Goodsir 1842
  • Caprella lobata Bate 1856
  • Gammarus quadrilobatus (Abildgaard 1789)
  • Oniscus scolopendroides (Pallas, 1772)
  • Squilla lobata Müller 1776
  • Squilla quadrilobata Abildgaard 1788

Caprella linearis is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella.[1] It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles Caprella septentrionalis with which it shares the same geographical distribution.[2][3]

Caprella linearis is the type species of the genus Caprella. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "Cancer linearis".[4]

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References

  1. 1.0 1.1 J. Lowry, M. Costello, & D. Bellan-Santini (2011). J. Lowry, ed. "Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. 2.0 2.1 José Manuel Guerra-García (2002). "Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour". Sarsia (University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway) 87: 216235. doi:10.1080/00364820260294851.
  3. Mario de Kluijver & Sarita Ingalsuo. "Caprella linearis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
  4. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. p. 165.

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