Caprellidira

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Amphipoda
Subordo: Corophiidea
Infraordo: Corophiida
Parvordo: Caprellidira
Superfamiliae: Aetiopedesoidea - Caprelloidea - Isaeoidea - Microprotopoidea - Photoidea - Rakirooidea
Name

Caprellidira Leach, 1814

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Caprellidira is a parvorder of marine crustaceans of the infraorder Corophiida. The group includes skeleton shrimps (Caprellidae) and whale lice (Cyamidae).

Fifteen families are currently recognised in the group. They are grouped into seven superfamilies.[2][3][4][5]

Superfamily Aetiopedesoidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
Aetiopedesidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
Paragammaropsidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814
Caprellidae Leach, 1814 - Skeleton shrimps
Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko, 1966
Cyamidae Rafinesque, 1815 - Whale lice
Dulichiidae Laubitz, 1983
Podoceridae Leach, 1814
Superfamily Isaeoidea Dana, 1853
Isaeidae Dana, 1853
Superfamily Microprotopoidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
Australomicroprotopidae Myers, Lowry & Billingham, 2016
Microprotopidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
Superfamily Neomegamphopoidea Myers, 1981
Neomegamphopidae Myers, 1981
Priscomilitariidae Hirayama, 1988
Superfamily Photoidea Boeck, 1871
Ischyroceridae Stebbing, 1899
Kamakidae Myers & Lowry, 2003
Photidae Boeck, 1871
Superfamily Rakirooidea Myers & Lowry, 2003
Rakiroidae Myers & Lowry, 2003

References

"Caprellidira Leach, 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 4, 2011.
Claude De Broyer (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprellida". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
Sara E. LeCroy (2007). "Appendix II: Revised Classification of the Corophiidea". An Illustrated Identification Guide to the Nearshore Marine and Estuarine Gammaridean Amphipoda of Florida. Volume 4: Families Anamixidae, Eusiridae, Hyalellidae, Hyalidae, Iphimediidae, Ischyroceridae, Lysianassidae, Megaluropidae, and Melphidippidae. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. p. 612.
A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549648.
Lowry, J.K.; Myers, A.A. (2017). "A Phylogeny and Classification of the Amphipoda with the establishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Crustacea: Peracarida)". Zootaxa. Magnolia Press. 4265 (1): 001–089. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1. PMID 28610392.