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Caprella linearis

Caprella linearis is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella. 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.

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Caprella linearis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Caprella
Species:
C. linearis
Binomial name
Caprella linearis
Synonyms12
  • 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 (linear skeleton shrimp) 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.23

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

References

  1. J. Lowry, M. Costello, D. Bellan-Santini (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Amphipoda Database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. 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. 87 (3). University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway: 216–235. doi:10.1080/00364820260294851.
  3. Mario de Kluijver; Sarita Ingalsuo. "Caprella linearis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |url= (help)
  4. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. Paris, L'Auteur. p. 165.
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