{{Short description|Species of crustacean}} {{Speciesbox | name =''Caprella linearis'' | image = Skeleton Shrimps on a slide.jpg | taxon = Caprella linearis | authority = (Linnaeus, 1767) | synonyms_ref=<ref name="worms"/><ref name="GARCIA">{{cite journal|author=José Manuel Guerra-García|year=2002|title=Re-descriptions of ''Caprella linearis'' (Linnaeus, 1767) and ''C. septentrionalis'' Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour|journal=Sarsia|volume=87|issue=3|pages=216&ndash;235|publisher=University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway|doi=10.1080/00364820260294851}}</ref> | synonyms= *''Cancer linearis'' <small>(Linnaeus, 1767)</small> *''Caprella laevis'' <small>Goodsir, 1842</small> *''Caprella lobata'' <small>Bate, 1856</small> *''Gammarus quadrilobatus'' <small>(Abildgaard, 1789)</small> *''Oniscus scolopendroides'' <small>(Pallas, 1772)</small> *''Squilla lobata'' <small>Müller, 1776</small> *''Squilla quadrilobata'' <small>Abildgaard, 1788</small> }}

'''''Caprella linearis''''' (linear skeleton shrimp) is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus ''Caprella''.<ref name="worms">{{cite WoRMS|author=J. Lowry|author2=M. Costello|author3=D. Bellan-Santini|name-list-style=amp|year=2011|id=101839 |title=''Caprella linearis'' (Linnaeus, 1767) |db=amphipod|accessdate=February 12, 2012}}</ref> It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles ''Caprella septentrionalis'' with which it shares the same geographical distribution.<ref name="GARCIA"/><ref name="MSIP">{{cite web|title=''Caprella linearis''|author1=Mario de Kluijver |author2=Sarita Ingalsuo |work=Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea |publisher=Marine Species Identification Portal}}</ref>

''Caprella linearis'' is the type species of the genus ''Caprella''. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "''Cancer linearis''".<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>

==See also== *''Caprella mutica''

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==External links== *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zT2Q-TlOiQM Video] of ''Caprella linearis'' males fighting * {{sealifephotos|101839}}

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Category:Corophiida Category:Crustaceans described in 1767 Category:Animal taxa named by Carl Linnaeus {{amphipod-stub}}