WoRMS taxon details
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
AphiaID: 101839
AphiaID: 101839
| Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Amphipoda (Order) > Senticaudata (Suborder) > Corophiida (Infraorder) > Caprellidira (Parvorder) > Caprelloidea (Superfamily) > Caprellidae (Family) > Caprellinae (Subfamily) > Caprella (Genus) |
| Status | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Record status | Checked by Taxonomic Editor | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Species | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Parent | Caprella Lamarck, 1801 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Synonymised taxa |
Caprella lobata (Muller, Kroyer) (Synonym) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sources |
original description: Linnaeus, C. (1767). Systema naturae sive regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Laurentii Salvii, Holmiae. 12th ed. v. 1 (pt 2): 533-1327, available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/83650#5 [details] [full text]
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] additional source: Laubitz, 1972 [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: Trott, T.J. 2004. Cobscook Bay inventory: a historical checklist of marine invertebrates spanning 162 years. Northeastern Naturalist (Special Issue 2): 261 - 324. [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] 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. (look up in IMIS) [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. Bull. IRSNB (Biologie) 72, pp 67-72. (look up in IMIS) [details] additional source: ITIS database, available online at http://www.itis.gov [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Environment | marine | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distribution | Arcachon Bay [details] Atlantic [details] Azores Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Baie de la Seine [details] Belgian Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Birkenfels (shipwreck) [details] Borssele [details] British Isles [details] Canada [details] Canadian part of the Arctic Ocean [details] Cobscook Bay [details] Dutch Exclusive Economic Zone [details] European waters (ERMS scope) [details] Golfe Normanno-Breton [details] Gulf of Maine [details] Gulf of St. Lawrence [details] Hoedekenskerke (polder) [details] Irish Exclusive economic Zone [details] North West Atlantic [details] Plymouth [details] Roscoff [details] Saguenay Fjord [details] United Kingdom Exclusive Economic Zone [details] Voordelta [details] Wadden Sea [details] West Coast of Norway [details] Westerschelde [details] Wimereux [details] Zeeland [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Feedingtypes |
omnivore [details]
predator [details] scavenger [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Links | To Barcode of Life (29 barcodes) To Biodiversity Heritage Library (198 publications) To Encyclopedia of Life To GenBank (9 nucleotides; 8 proteins) To Marine Species Identification Portal To PESI To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Amphipod Collection To ITIS | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notes |
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] Habitat: Known from rocky shores. [details] Reproduction: Males and females have a brood pouch of leaflike plates on the underside. [details] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| LSID | urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:101839 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Citation: Lowry, J.; Costello, M.; Bellan-Santini, D. (2013). Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767). In: Lowry, J. (2013) World Amphipoda database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101839 on 2013-05-21 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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