NOAA National Benthic Inventory

Taxonomy and Nomenclature

Kingdom: Animalia
Rank: Genus

Taxonomic Status

Current Standing: valid
Credibility Rating: TWG standards met
Global Species Completeness: unknown
Latest Record Review: 2004

Taxonomic Heirarchy

  Family - Caprellidae
  Superfamily - Caprelloidea
  Infraorder - Caprellida
  Suborder - Caprellidea
  Order - Amphipoda
  Superorder - Peracarida
  Subclass - Eumalacostraca
  Class - Malacostraca
  Subphylum - Crustacea
  Phylum - Arthropoda
  Superphylum - Ecdysozoa
  Infrakingdom - Protostomia
  Subkingdom - Bilateria
  Kingdom - Animalia

      Direct Children

      Species - Caprella cristibrachium
      Species - Caprella carina
      Species - Caprella linearis
      Species - Caprella ciliata
      Species - Caprella microtuberculata
      Species - Caprella drepanochir
      Species - Caprella alaskana
      Species - Caprella irregularis
      Species - Caprella gracilior
      Species - Caprella laeviuscula
      Species - Caprella borealis
      Species - Caprella rudiuscula
      Species - Caprella incisa
      Species - Caprella ferrea
      Species - Caprella augusta
      Species - Caprella verrucosa
      Species - Caprella californica
      Species - Caprella equilibra
      Species - Caprella mendax
      Species - Caprella pilidigita
      Species - Caprella pustulata
      Species - Caprella striata
      Species - Caprella septentrionalis
      Species - Caprella kincaidi
      Species - Caprella paulina
      Species - Caprella parapaulina
      Species - Caprella penantis
      Species - Caprella unica
      Species - Caprella greenlyi
      Species - Caprella natalensis
      Species - Caprella andreae
      Species - Caprella acanthogaster
      Species - Caprella geometrica
      Species - Caprella monocera
      Species - Caprella punctata
      Species - Caprella scaura
      Species - Caprella acanthifera
      Species - Caprella erethizon
      Species - Caprella fretensis
      Species - Caprella turberculata
      Species - Caprella bathytatos
      Species - Caprella brevirostris
      Species - Caprella constantina
      Species - Caprella danilevskii
      Species - Caprella dubia
      Species - Caprella greenleyi
      Species - Caprella mutica
      Species - Caprella pilipalma
      Species - Caprella rinki
      Species - Caprella scabra
      Species - Caprella trispinis
      Species - Caprella ungulina
      Species - Caprella uniforma