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Card 66/90

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

Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Coleman, C.O.; 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.; Sket, B.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2022). World Amphipoda Database. Amphipoda. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1135 on 2022-02-09

- Guerra-García JM, Cabezas MP, Baeza-Rojano E, Ros M, Navarro-Barranco C, Tierno de Figueroa JM (2014) Los crustáceos caprélidos de las costas ibéricas. Quercus 340: 26-34.

- Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp