Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Amphipoda > Suborder Corophiidea > Infraorder Caprellida > Superfamily Caprelloidea > Family Caprellidae > Subfamily Caprellinae > Genus Caprella

Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935

Rank: Species
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Caprella*	Lamarck, 1801	accepted genus name

Species group names

*Caprella macho*	Platvoet, de Bruyne & Gmelig Meyling, 1995	synonym

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Dutch: harig spookkreeftje; machospookkreeft

English: Japanese skeleton shrimp sources: MarLIN

English-United States: Japanese Skeleton Shrimp sources: Charles Hussey

French: caprelle japonaise

Literature

basis of record	Ashton, G.; Karin Boos, Richard Shucksmith and Elizabeth Cook (2006). Rapid assessment of the distribution of marine non-native species in marinas in Scotland. Aquatic invasions 1(4): 209-213.
additional source	Turcotte, C. and B. Sainte-Marie. (2009). Biological synopsis of the Japanese skeleton shrimp (Caprella mutica). Can. Manuscr. Rep. Fish. Aquat. Sci. 2903: vii + 26 p.
additional source	Streftaris, N.; Zenetos, A.; Papathanassiou, E. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. Oceanogr. Mar. Biol. Ann. Rev. 43: 419-453

Genbank

External Links

Link Marine Life Information Network - UK
Link To GBIF

Citation

Lowry, J. (2011). Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935. In: Lowry, J. (2010) World Amphipoda database. In: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2012) European Register of Marine Species, accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:146768