{{Short description|Species of crustacean}} {{Speciesbox | name =''Caprella acanthogaster'' | image = | taxon = Caprella acanthogaster | authority = Mayer, 1890 }}
'''''Caprella acanthogaster''''' is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus ''Caprella''.<ref name="worms">{{cite WoRMS|author=J. Lowry|year=2010|id=394863 |title=''Caprella acanthogaster'' Mayer, 1890 |db=amphipod|accessdate=February 6, 2012}}</ref> It is native to northeast Asia. It closely resembles ''Caprella mutica'' but can be distinguished by its smooth first and second pereonites, as well as its linear-shaped gills.<ref name="W1">{{cite web|url=http://caprellids.lifedesks.org/node/51 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130415080336/http://caprellids.lifedesks.org/node/51 |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 15, 2013 |title=''Caprella acanthogaster'' Mayer |author=Gail Ashton |date=January 13, 2010 |publisher=Caprellids, LifeDesks |accessdate=February 6, 2012 }}</ref><ref name="FAASSE">{{cite journal|author=Marco Faasse|year=2005|title=Notes on diagnostic characters and morphological variability of ''Caprella mutica'' Schurin, 1935 in The Netherlands|journal=Het Zeepaard|volume=65|issue=1|pages=22–28|url=http://www.cryptosula.nl/ZEEP65-1%20Caprella.pdf}}{{Dead link|date=October 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
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Category:Corophiida Category:Crustaceans described in 1890
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