WoRMS taxon details

Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)

Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)

101839  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101839)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Amphipoda (Order)
  10. Senticaudata (Suborder)
  11. Corophiida (Infraorder)
  12. Caprellidira (Parvorder)
  13. Caprelloidea (Superfamily)
  14. Caprellidae (Family)
  15. Caprellinae (Subfamily)
  16. Caprella (Genus)
  17. Caprella linearis (Species)
accepted
Species
Cancer linearis Linnaeus, 1767 · unaccepted > superseded combination
Caprella lobata (Müller, 1776) · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Squilla lobata Müller, 1776 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Cancer linearis Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1056 [details] OpenAccess publication
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound, including Cobscook Bay  
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound, including Cobscook Bay [details]
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; 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.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101839 on 2025-04-22
Date
action
by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
created
Bellan-Santini, Denise
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
checked
Costello, Mark J.
2009-11-18 12:16:11Z
changed
Lowry, Jim

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cancer linearis Linnaeus, 1767) Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae per regna tria naturae: secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Ed. 12. 1., Regnum Animale. 1 & 2. [The system of nature through the three kingdoms of nature: according to classes, orders, genera, species, with characters, differences, synonyms, places. Ed. 12. 1., Animal Kingdom. 1 & 2]. Holmiae [Stockholm], Laurentii Salvii. pp. 1-532 [1766] pp. 533-1327 [1767]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5
page(s): 1056 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Squilla lobata Müller, 1776) Müller, O.F. (1776). Zoologiae Danicae prodromus, seu Animalium Daniae et Norvegiae indigenarum: characteres, nomina, et synonyma imprimis popularium. [Prodrome of Danish Zoology, or the Native Animals of Denmark and Norway: the characters, names, and synonyms of the most popular ones.]. Typis Hallagerii, Havni, Copenhagen. 282 pp., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/47550
page(s): 197 [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Bellan-Santini, D.; Costello, M.J. (2001). Amphipoda. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 295-308. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

Taxonomy

redescription Guerra-García, J. M. (2002). 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. Sarsia. 87(3): 216-235., available online at https://doi.org/10.1080/00364820260294851 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

context source (Schelde) Janssen, C.R.; Ghekiere, A.; Verslycke, T.; Vincx, M.; Fockedey, N.; Rappé, K.; De Brabander, H.; Noppe, H.; Roose, P.; Monteyne, E.; Vethaak, D.; Mees, J.; Deneudt, K. (2007). Endocrine disruption in the Scheldt estuary distribution, exposure and effects (ENDIS-RISKS). Final report. Belgian Science Policy: Brussels. 106 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

context source (BeRMS 2020) Bio-environmental research group; Institute of Agricultural and Fisheries research (ILVO), Belgium; (2015): Zooplankton monitoring in the Belgian Part of the North Sea between 2009 and 2010. [details] 

additional source Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details] 

additional source Bachelet, G.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Sorbe, J. C. (2003). An updated checklist of marine and brackish water Amphipoda (Crustacea: Peracarida) of the southern Bay of Biscay (NE Atlantic). Cah. Biol. Mar. 44(2): 121-151. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Muller, Y. (2004). Faune et flore du littoral du Nord, du Pas-de-Calais et de la Belgique: inventaire. [Coastal fauna and flora of the Nord, Pas-de-Calais and Belgium: inventory]. Commission Régionale de Biologie Région Nord Pas-de-Calais: France. 307 pp., available online at http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/145561.pdf [details] 

additional source Lee, K.-S.; Hong, S.-S. (2011). lnvertebrate Fauna of Korea, Arthropoda: Crustacea : Malacostraca: Amphipoda: Caprellidea: Caprellidae, Skeleton Shrimps. National lnstitute of Biological Resources, 21(7). [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Trott, T. J. (2004). Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist. 11, 261-324., available online at http://www.gulfofmaine.org/kb/files/9793/TROTT-Cobscook%20List.pdf [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] 

additional source Massin, C.; Norro, A.; Mallefet, J. (2002). Biodiversity of a wreck from the Belgian Continental Shelf: monitoring using scientific diving. Preliminary results. Bulletin de l'Institut Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique (Biologie). 72: 67-72. (look up in IMIS) [details] 

 
EMODnet BathymetrySource: EMODnet Bathymetry
Countries
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Unreviewed
Distribution Arctic to Long Island Sound, including Cobscook Bay [details]

Habitat Found from the intertidal zone to 201 m depth on algae, sponges, hydroids and tunicates. [details]

Reproduction Males and females have a brood pouch of leaflike plates on the underside. [details]
    Definitions

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LanguageName 
Dutch wandelend geraamte  [details]
English linear skeleton shrimpghost shrimp  [details]
French caprelle  [details]
German WidderkrebsGestreifter GespenstkrebsGespenstkrebs  [details]
To Barcode of Life (55 barcodes) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (214 publications) 
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (68 publications) (from synonym Caprella lobata (Müller, 1776))
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Caprella linearis) 
To GenBank (40 nucleotides; 39 proteins) 
To NMNH Extant Collection (CRT 13332 b card.JPG) 
To PESI 
To PESI (from synonym Caprella lobata (Müller, 1776))
To The Arctic Traits Database (10 traits) 
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (28 records) 
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Unreviewed
To NMNH Extant Collection (CRT 13332 b card.JPG)
To NMNH Extant Collection (CRT 13332 b card.JPG)
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