Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Senticaudata > Infraorder Corophiida > Parvorder Caprellidira > Superfamily Caprelloidea > Family Caprellidae > Subfamily Caprellinae > Genus Caprella

Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caprella*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Caprella loveni*	Boeck, 1871	synonym
*Caprella monocera*	G.O. Sars, 1894	synonym
*Caprella punctata*	Boeck, 1861	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ホッカイワレカラ

Literature

original description	Kröyer, H. (1838). Grönlands Amfipoder. [Amphipods of Greenland]. Det Konigelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskabs Naturvidenskabelige og Mathematiske Afhandlinger, series 4. 7: 229-326, pls. 1-4.
basis of record	Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308.
additional source	Costello, M.J., C. Emblow & R. White (EdS.). (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50. Muséum national d'Histoire Naturelle: Paris, France. 463 pp.
additional source	Krøyer, H. (1843). Beskrivelse af nogle Arter og Slaegter af Caprellina: med indledende Bemaerkninger om Laemodipoda og deres Plads i Systemet. Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift. Ser. 1. Bd. 4, 490–518; 585-616. Pl. 6-8.
additional source	Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324.
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp.
redescription	Guerra-García, J. M. (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): 216-235.

Genbank

Citation

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101851