# Caprella

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{{Short description|Genus of crustaceans}}
{{Automatic_taxobox
| image = Caprella mutica 2.jpg
| image_caption = ''[Caprella mutica](/source/Caprella_mutica)''
| taxon = Caprella
| authority = [Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck), 1801
| synonyms_ref = &nbsp;<ref name="WoRMS"/>
| synonyms =
*''Liparis'' <small>Bosc, 1801</small>
| type_species=''[Caprella linearis](/source/Caprella_linearis)'' 
| type_species_authority= ([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1767)
}}
[[File:Caprella bathytatos.jpg|thumb|''[Caprella bathytatos](/source/Caprella_bathytatos)'']]
[[File:Caprella mendax.jpg|thumb|''[Caprella mendax](/source/Caprella_mendax)'']]
[[File:ワレカラ Caprella kominatoensis.jpg|thumb|''[Caprella kominatoensis](/source/Caprella_kominatoensis)'']]

'''''Caprella''''' is a large [genus](/source/genus) of [skeleton shrimp](/source/skeleton_shrimp)s belonging to the [subfamily](/source/subfamily) [Caprellinae](/source/Caprellinae) of the family [Caprellidae](/source/Caprellidae). It includes approximately 170 [species](/source/species).<ref name="WoRMS">{{cite WoRMS |author=J. Lowry, M. Costello & D. Bellan-Santini |year=2012 |id=101430 |title=''Caprella'' Lamarck, 1801 |db=Amphipoda |accessdate=February 1, 2012}}</ref> The genus was first established by [Jean-Baptiste Lamarck](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck) in his great work ''Système des animaux sans vertèbres'' (1801) to describe ''Cancer linearis'' (now ''[Caprella linearis](/source/Caprella_linearis)'') and ''Squilla ventricosa'' (now ''[Phtisica marina](/source/Phtisica_marina)'').<ref name="lamarck">{{cite book|author=Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|author-link=Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|title =Système des animaux sans vertèbres|year =1801|page=[https://archive.org/details/systmedesanima00lama/page/165 165]|publisher=Paris, L'Auteur |url =https://archive.org/details/systmedesanima00lama}}</ref>

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*''[Caprella acanthifera](/source/Caprella_acanthifera)'' <small>Leach, 1814</small>
*''[Caprella acanthogaster](/source/Caprella_acanthogaster)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella acanthopoda](/source/Caprella_acanthopoda)'' <small>Guiler, 1954</small>
*''[Caprella advena](/source/Caprella_advena)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella aino](/source/Caprella_aino)'' <small>Utinomi, 1943</small>
*''[Caprella alaskana](/source/Caprella_alaskana)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella alaskensis](/source/Caprella_alaskensis)'' <small>Holmes, 1904</small>
*''[Caprella algaceus](/source/Caprella_algaceus)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1967</small>
*''[Caprella andreae](/source/Caprella_andreae)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella angulosa](/source/Caprella_angulosa)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella angusta](/source/Caprella_angusta)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella arimotoi](/source/Caprella_arimotoi)'' <small>Takeuchi, 1993</small>
*''[Caprella astericola](/source/Caprella_astericola)'' <small>Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973</small>
*''[Caprella bacillus](/source/Caprella_bacillus)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella bathyalis](/source/Caprella_bathyalis)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella bathytatos](/source/Caprella_bathytatos)'' <small>Martin & Pettit, 1998</small>
*''[Caprella bermudia](/source/Caprella_bermudia)'' <small>Kundel, 1910</small>
*''[Caprella bidentata](/source/Caprella_bidentata)'' <small>Utinomi, 1947</small>
*''[Caprella bispinosa](/source/Caprella_bispinosa)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella borealis](/source/Caprella_borealis)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella brachiata](/source/Caprella_brachiata)'' <small>Arimoto, 1978</small>
*''[Caprella branchella](/source/Caprella_branchella)'' <small>Arimoto, 1978</small>
*''[Caprella brevirostris](/source/Caprella_brevirostris)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella californica](/source/Caprella_californica)'' <small>Stimpson, 1856</small>
*''[Caprella carina](/source/Caprella_carina)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella carinata](/source/Caprella_carinata)'' <small>Arimoto, 1934</small>
*''[Caprella caulerpensis](/source/Caprella_caulerpensis)'' <small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2002</small>
*''[Caprella cavediniae](/source/Caprella_cavediniae)'' <small>Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998</small>
*''[Caprella centrota](/source/Caprella_centrota)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella ceutae](/source/Caprella_ceutae)'' <small>Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002</small>
*''[Caprella chelimana](/source/Caprella_chelimana)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella ciliata](/source/Caprella_ciliata)'' <small>Sars, 1883</small>
*''[Caprella cilluroantennata](/source/Caprella_cilluroantennata)'' <small>Arimoto, 1934</small>
*''[Caprella circur](/source/Caprella_circur)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella clavigera](/source/Caprella_clavigera)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella concinna](/source/Caprella_concinna)'' <small>Mateus & Mateus, 1991</small>
*''[Caprella constantina](/source/Caprella_constantina)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella corallina](/source/Caprella_corallina)'' <small>Arimoto, 1980</small>
*''[Caprella corvina](/source/Caprella_corvina)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella cristibrachium](/source/Caprella_cristibrachium)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella danilevskii](/source/Caprella_danilevskii)'' <small>Czerniavskii, 1868</small>
*''[Caprella decipiens](/source/Caprella_decipiens)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella dilatata](/source/Caprella_dilatata)'' <small>Krøyer, 1843</small>
*''[Caprella dissona](/source/Caprella_dissona)'' <small>Arimoto, 1979</small>
*''[Caprella drepanochir](/source/Caprella_drepanochir)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella dubia](/source/Caprella_dubia)'' <small>Hansen, 1887</small>
*''[Caprella edgari](/source/Caprella_edgari)'' <small>Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004</small>
*''[Caprella equilibra](/source/Caprella_equilibra)'' <small>Say, 1818</small>
*''[Caprella equina](/source/Caprella_equina)'' <small>Arimoto, 1978</small>
*''[Caprella erethizon](/source/Caprella_erethizon)'' <small>Mayer, 1901</small>
*''[Caprella eurydactyla](/source/Caprella_eurydactyla)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella excelsa](/source/Caprella_excelsa)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella eximia](/source/Caprella_eximia)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella extensimana](/source/Caprella_extensimana)'' <small>Laubitz, 1995</small>
*''[Caprella falsa](/source/Caprella_falsa)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella ferrea](/source/Caprella_ferrea)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella fimbriata](/source/Caprella_fimbriata)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1994</small>
*''[Caprella fretensis](/source/Caprella_fretensis)'' <small>Stebbing, 1878</small>
*''[Caprella generosa](/source/Caprella_generosa)'' <small>Arimoto, 1977</small>
*''[Caprella gigantea](/source/Caprella_gigantea)'' <small>Haller, 1880</small>
*''[Caprella gigantochir](/source/Caprella_gigantochir)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella glabra](/source/Caprella_glabra)'' <small>Aoki, 1991</small>
*''[Caprella globiceps](/source/Caprella_globiceps)'' <small>Dana, 1853</small>
*''[Caprella gorgonia](/source/Caprella_gorgonia)'' <small>Laubitz & Lewbel, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella gracilior](/source/Caprella_gracilior)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella gracilipes](/source/Caprella_gracilipes)'' <small>Grube, 1864</small>
*''[Caprella gracillima](/source/Caprella_gracillima)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella grahami](/source/Caprella_grahami)'' <small>Wigley & Shave, 1966</small>
*''[Caprella grandimana](/source/Caprella_grandimana)'' <small>(Mayer, 1882)</small>
*''[Caprella greenleyi](/source/Caprella_greenleyi)'' <small>McCain, 1969</small>
*''[Caprella hirayamai](/source/Caprella_hirayamai)'' <small>Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2003</small>
*''[Caprella hirsuta](/source/Caprella_hirsuta)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella imaii](/source/Caprella_imaii)'' <small>Utinomi, 1943</small>
*''[Caprella incisa](/source/Caprella_incisa)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella indeterminata](/source/Caprella_indeterminata)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1994</small>
*''[Caprella inermis](/source/Caprella_inermis)'' <small>Grube, 1864</small>
*''[Caprella iniqua](/source/Caprella_iniqua)'' <small>Arimoto, 1980</small>
*''[Caprella iniquilibra](/source/Caprella_iniquilibra)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella innocens](/source/Caprella_innocens)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella insularis](/source/Caprella_insularis)'' <small>Laubitz, 1995</small>
*''[Caprella irregularis](/source/Caprella_irregularis)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella japonica](/source/Caprella_japonica)'' <small>(Schurin, 1935)</small>
*''[Caprella kincaidi](/source/Caprella_kincaidi)'' <small>Holmes, 1904</small>
*''[Caprella kominatoensis](/source/Caprella_kominatoensis)'' <small>Takeuchi, 1986</small>
*''[Caprella kroyeri](/source/Caprella_kroyeri)'' <small>De Haan, 1849</small>
*''[Caprella kuroshio](/source/Caprella_kuroshio)'' <small>Mori, 1999</small>
*''[Caprella laevipes](/source/Caprella_laevipes)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
<!--SYNONYM? *''[Caprella laevis](/source/Caprella_laevis)'' <small>(Schurin, 1935)</small>-->
*''[Caprella laeviuscula](/source/Caprella_laeviuscula)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella liliata](/source/Caprella_liliata)'' <small>Arimoto, 1979</small>
*''[Caprella lilliput](/source/Caprella_lilliput)'' <small>Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987</small>
*''[Caprella linearis](/source/Caprella_linearis)'' <small>([Linnaeus](/source/Carl_Linnaeus), 1767)</small>
*''[Caprella liparotensis](/source/Caprella_liparotensis)'' <small>Haller, 1879</small>
*''[Caprella litoralis](/source/Caprella_litoralis)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella longicirrata](/source/Caprella_longicirrata)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella longidentata](/source/Caprella_longidentata)'' <small>Arimoto, 1934</small>
*''[Caprella longimanus](/source/Caprella_longimanus)'' <small>Stimpson, 1853</small>
*''[Caprella luctator](/source/Caprella_luctator)'' <small>Stimpsom, 1855</small>
*''[Caprella lukini](/source/Caprella_lukini)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella madrasana](/source/Caprella_madrasana)'' <small>Giles, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella manneringi](/source/Caprella_manneringi)'' <small>McCain, 1979</small>
*''[Caprella mantis](/source/Caprella_mantis)'' <small>Latreille, 1816</small>
*''[Caprella media](/source/Caprella_media)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella mendax](/source/Caprella_mendax)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella microtuberculata](/source/Caprella_microtuberculata)'' <small>G.O. Sars, 1879</small>
*''[Caprella minima](/source/Caprella_minima)'' <small>Arimoto, 1980</small>
*''[Caprella minuscula](/source/Caprella_minuscula)'' <small>Arimoto, 1980</small>
*''[Caprella mitis](/source/Caprella_mitis)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella mixta](/source/Caprella_mixta)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella modesta](/source/Caprella_modesta)'' <small>Herklots, 1861</small>
*''[Caprella monai](/source/Caprella_monai)'' <small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001</small>
*''[Caprella monoceros](/source/Caprella_monoceros)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella multituberculum](/source/Caprella_multituberculum)'' <small>Lee & Lee, 1996</small>
*''[Caprella mutica](/source/Caprella_mutica)'' <small>Schurin, 1935</small>
*''[Caprella nagaoi](/source/Caprella_nagaoi)'' <small>Arimoto, 1970</small>
*''[Caprella natalensis](/source/Caprella_natalensis)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella nichtensis](/source/Caprella_nichtensis)'' <small>Brandt, 1851</small>
*''[Caprella obtusifrons](/source/Caprella_obtusifrons)'' <small>Utinomi, 1943</small>
*''[Caprella okadai](/source/Caprella_okadai)'' <small>Arimoto, 1930</small>
*''[Caprella oxyarthra](/source/Caprella_oxyarthra)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella pacifica](/source/Caprella_pacifica)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella palkii](/source/Caprella_palkii)'' <small>Giles, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella paramitis](/source/Caprella_paramitis)''<small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001</small>
*''[Caprella parapaulina](/source/Caprella_parapaulina)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
*''[Caprella paulina](/source/Caprella_paulina)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella penantis](/source/Caprella_penantis)'' <small>Leach, 1814</small>
*''[Caprella pilidigitata](/source/Caprella_pilidigitata)'' <small>Laubitz, 1970</small>
*''[Caprella pilipalma](/source/Caprella_pilipalma)'' <small>Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953</small>
*''[Caprella pinnigera](/source/Caprella_pinnigera)'' <small>Arimoto, 1980</small>
*''[Caprella polyacantha](/source/Caprella_polyacantha)'' <small>Utinomi, 1947</small>
*''[Caprella pseudorapax](/source/Caprella_pseudorapax)'' <small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001</small>
*''[Caprella pustulata](/source/Caprella_pustulata)'' <small>Laubitz, 1970</small>
*''[Caprella rapax](/source/Caprella_rapax)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella rhinoceros](/source/Caprella_rhinoceros)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella rhopalochir](/source/Caprella_rhopalochir)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella rinki](/source/Caprella_rinki)'' <small>Stephensen, 1916</small>
*''[Caprella rotundidentata](/source/Caprella_rotundidentata)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1972</small>
*''[Caprella rudiscula](/source/Caprella_rudiscula)'' <small>Laubitz, 1970</small>
*''[Caprella sabineae](/source/Caprella_sabineae)'' <small>Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003</small>
*''[Caprella sabulensis](/source/Caprella_sabulensis)'' <small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001</small>
*''[Caprella sanguinea](/source/Caprella_sanguinea)'' <small>Gould, 1841</small>
*''[Caprella santosrosai](/source/Caprella_santosrosai)'' <small>Sanchez-Moyano ''et al.'', 1995</small>
*''[Caprella sarsi](/source/Caprella_sarsi)'' <small>Honeyman, 1889</small>
*''[Caprella scabra](/source/Caprella_scabra)'' <small>Holmes, 1904</small>
*''[Caprella scaura](/source/Caprella_scaura)'' <small>Templeton, 1836</small>
*''[Caprella scitula](/source/Caprella_scitula)'' <small>Arimoto & Hirayama, 1979</small>
*''[Caprella sedovi](/source/Caprella_sedovi)'' <small>[Gurjanova](/source/Eupraxie_Gurjanova), 1933</small>
*''[Caprella septentrionalis](/source/Caprella_septentrionalis)'' <small>Krøyer, 1838</small>
*''[Caprella simia](/source/Caprella_simia)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella simplex](/source/Caprella_simplex)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella singularis](/source/Caprella_singularis)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella soyo](/source/Caprella_soyo)'' <small>Arimoto, 1934</small>
*''[Caprella stella](/source/Caprella_stella)'' <small>Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998</small>
*''[Caprella striata](/source/Caprella_striata)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella subinermis](/source/Caprella_subinermis)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella subtilis](/source/Caprella_subtilis)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella takeuchi](/source/Caprella_takeuchi)'' <small>Guerra-García ''et al.'', 2001</small>
*''[Caprella tasmaniensis](/source/Caprella_tasmaniensis)'' <small>Guiler, 1954</small>
*''[Caprella telarpax](/source/Caprella_telarpax)'' <small>Mayer, 1890</small>
*''[Caprella temperativa](/source/Caprella_temperativa)'' <small>Arimoto, 1982</small>
*''[Caprella tenella](/source/Caprella_tenella)'' <small>(Dana, 1853)</small>
*''[Caprella tenuis](/source/Caprella_tenuis)'' <small>Haswell, 1880</small>
*''[Caprella traudlae](/source/Caprella_traudlae)'' <small>Guerra-Garcia, 2004</small>
*''[Caprella triodos](/source/Caprella_triodos)'' <small>Stebbing, 1910</small>
*''[Caprella trispinis](/source/Caprella_trispinis)''<small>Honeyman, 1889</small>
*''[Caprella tsugarensis](/source/Caprella_tsugarensis)'' <small>Utinomi, 1947</small>
*''[Caprella tuberculata](/source/Caprella_tuberculata)'' <small>Guérin, 1836</small>
*''[Caprella ungulina](/source/Caprella_ungulina)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella unica](/source/Caprella_unica)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella uniforma](/source/Caprella_uniforma)'' <small>La Follette, 1915</small>
*''[Caprella vana](/source/Caprella_vana)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella venusta](/source/Caprella_venusta)'' <small>Utinomi, 1943</small>
*''[Caprella verrucosa](/source/Caprella_verrucosa)'' <small>Boeck, 1871</small>
*''[Caprella vidua](/source/Caprella_vidua)'' <small>Mayer, 1903</small>
*''[Caprella vitjazi](/source/Caprella_vitjazi)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1992</small>
*''[Caprella wirtzi](/source/Caprella_wirtzi)'' <small>Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005</small>
*''[Caprella zygodonta](/source/Caprella_zygodonta)'' <small>Vassilenko, 1974</small>
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==References==
{{Portal|Crustaceans}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Commons category-inline|Caprella|''Caprella''}}

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Category:Corophiida
Category:Amphipod genera

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