Name
Caprellidae
Framing
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Subclass: Eumalacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Habitat
Marine, benthic (on algae, hydrozoans and bryozoans)
Feeding
Detritivores, although there are carnivorous or herbivorous species.
Distribution
Cosmopolitan
Conservation status
Majority of species Not evaluated
Additional information
Small size (1mm-2cm). Two pairs of antennae, pereion formed by seven segments. Pereiopods 3 or 4 are reduced or absent. Two pairs of gnathopods. Pleon minuscule and without appendages.
Bibliography
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