Caprella stella skeleton shrimp

Caprella stella is commonly referred to as skeleton shrimp. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for home aquaria!. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz, Madeira

Caprella stella (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

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lexID:: 6541
AphiaID:: 430915

Scientific:: Caprella stella
German:: Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs
English:: Skeleton Shrimp

Category:

Family tree:: Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Caprellidae (Family) > Caprella (Genus) > stella (Species)
Initial determination:: Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998

Occurrence:: Azores
Sea depth:: Meter
Size:: up to 0.39" (1 cm)
Temperature:: °F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C)
Difficulty:: Not suitable for home aquaria!
Offspring:: None
Toxicity:: Toxic hazard unknown

CITES:

Not evaluated

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE)

Related species at Catalog of Life:

Caprella acanthifera
Caprella acanthogaster
Caprella alaskana
Caprella andreae
Caprella augusta
Caprella bathytatos
Caprella borealis
Caprella brevirostris
Caprella californica
Gespenstkrebschen, Skelettgarnele
Caprella carina
Caprella ciliata
Caprella constantina
Caprella cristibrachium
Caprella danilevskii
Caprella drepanochir
Caprella dubia
Caprella equilibra
Caprella erethizon
Caprella ferrea
Caprella fretensis
Caprella geometrica
Caprella gracilior
Caprella greenleyi
Caprella greenlyi
Caprella incisa
Caprella irregularis
Caprella kincaidi
Caprella laeviuscula
Caprella linearis
Europäischer Gespensterkrebs , Widderkrebs
Caprella mendax
Caprella microtuberculata
Caprella monocera
Caprella mutica
Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs
Caprella natalensis
Caprella parapaulina
Caprella paulina
Caprella penantis
Caprella pilidigita
Caprella pilipalma
Caprella punctata
Caprella pustulata
Caprella rinki
Caprella rudiuscula
Caprella scabra
Caprella scaura
Caprella septentrionalis
Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs
Caprella striata
Caprella trispinis
Caprella turberculata
Caprella ungulina
Caprella unica
Caprella uniforma
Caprella verrucosa

More related species in this lexicon:

Author:: Meerwasser-Lexikon Team
Publisher:: Meerwasser-Lexikon.de
Created:: 2013-12-26 08:46:12
Last edit:: 2025-02-26 20:23:43

Info

Caprella stella Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998

The image shows skeleton shrimp on a sea star.

Caprella is a large genus of skeleton shrimps belonging to the subfamily Caprellinae of the family Caprellidae. It includes approximately 170 species

External links

Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz auf Medslugs (multi) (Archive.org). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.
World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) (en). Abgerufen am 07.08.2020.

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Caprella stella (c) by Prof. Dr. Peter Wirtz

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