1. Species Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814
2. Species Caprella acanthogaster Mayer, 1890
3. Species Caprella acanthopoda Guiler, 1954
4. Species Caprella advena Vassilenko, 1974
5. Species Caprella affinis Brandt, 1851
6. Species Caprella aino Utinomi, 1943
7. Species Caprella alaskana Mayer, 1903
8. Species Caprella alaskensis Holmes, 1904
9. Species Caprella algaceus Vassilenko, 1967
10. Species Caprella andreae Mayer, 1890
11. Species Caprella angulosa Mayer, 1903
12. Species Caprella angusta Mayer, 1903
13. Species Caprella arimotoi Takeuchi, 1993
14. Species Caprella astericola Jankowski & Vassilenko, 1973
15. Species Caprella bacilllus Mayer, 1903
16. Species Caprella bathyalis Vassilenko, 1972
17. Species Caprella bathytatos Martin & Pettit, 1998
18. Species Caprella bermudia Kunkel, 1910
19. Species Caprella bispinosa Mayer, 1903
20. Species Caprella borealis Mayer, 1903
21. Species Caprella brachiata Arimoto, 1978
22. Species Caprella branchella Arimoto, 1978
23. Species Caprella brevirostris Mayer, 1903
24. Species Caprella calderoni Hendrickx & Ayón-Parente, 2014
25. Species Caprella californica Stimpson, 1856
26. Species Caprella carina Mayer, 1903
27. Species Caprella carinata Arimoto, 1934
28. Species Caprella caulerpensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2002
29. Species Caprella cavediniae Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
30. Species Caprella centrota Vassilenko, 1972
31. Species Caprella ceutae Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2002
32. Species Caprella chelimana Mayer, 1903
33. Species Caprella ciliata G.O. Sars, 1883
34. Species Caprella cilluroantennata Arimoto, 1934
35. Species Caprella circur Mayer, 1903
36. Species Caprella clavigera Vassilenko, 1972
37. Species Caprella concinna Mateus & Mateus, 1991
38. Species Caprella constantina Mayer, 1903
39. Species Caprella corallina Arimoto, 1980
40. Species Caprella corvina Mayer, 1903
41. Species Caprella cristibrachium Mayer, 1903
42. Species Caprella danilevskii Czerniavsky, 1868
43. Species Caprella decipiens Mayer, 1890
44. Species Caprella dilatata Krøyer, 1843
45. Species Caprella dissona Arimoto, 1979
46. Species Caprella drepanochir Mayer, 1890
47. Species Caprella dubia Hansen, 1887
48. Species Caprella edgari Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2004
49. Species Caprella equilibra Say, 1818
50. Species Caprella equina Arimoto, 1978
51. Species Caprella erethizon Mayer, 1901
52. Species Caprella eurydactyla Vassilenko, 1974
53. Species Caprella excelsa Vassilenko, 1974
54. Species Caprella eximia Mayer, 1890
55. Species Caprella extensimana Laubitz, 1995
56. Species Caprella falsa Mayer, 1903
57. Species Caprella ferrea Mayer, 1903
58. Species Caprella fimbriata Vassilenko, 1994
59. Species Caprella fretensis Stebbing, 1878
60. Species Caprella generosa Arimoto, 1977
61. Species Caprella gigantea Haller, 1880
62. Species Caprella gigantochir Mayer, 1903
63. Species Caprella glabra Aoki, 1991
64. Species Caprella globiceps Dana, 1853
65. Species Caprella gorgonia Laubitz & Lewbel, 1974
66. Species Caprella gracilenta Takeuchi, Kihara & Ohara, 2025
67. Species Caprella gracilior Mayer, 1890
68. Species Caprella gracilipes Grube, 1864
69. Species Caprella gracillima Mayer, 1890
70. Species Caprella grahami Wigley & Shave, 1966
71. Species Caprella grandimana Mayer, 1882
72. Species Caprella greenleyi McCain, 1969
73. Species Caprella hakuhoae Takeuchi, Kihara & Matsumoto, 2019
74. Species Caprella hirayamai Guerra-García & Takeuchi, 2003
75. Species Caprella hirsuta Mayer, 1890
76. Species Caprella imaii Utinomi, 1943
77. Species Caprella incisa Mayer, 1903
78. Species Caprella indeterminata Vassilenko, 1994
79. Species Caprella iniqua Arimoto, 1980
80. Species Caprella iniquilibra Mayer, 1903
81. Species Caprella innocens Mayer, 1903
82. Species Caprella insularis Laubitz, 1995
83. Species Caprella irregularis Mayer, 1890
84. Species Caprella japonica (Schurin, 1935)
85. Species Caprella kincaidi Holmes, 1904
86. Species Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986
87. Species Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849
88. Species Caprella kuroshio Mori, 1999
89. Species Caprella laevipes Mayer, 1903
90. Species Caprella laevis (Schurin, 1935)
91. Species Caprella laeviuscula Mayer, 1903
92. Species Caprella liliata Arimoto, 1979
93. Species Caprella lilliput Krapp-Schickel & Ruffo, 1987
94. Species Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
95. Species Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879
96. Species Caprella litoralis Vassilenko, 1972
97. Species Caprella longicirrata Vassilenko, 1974
98. Species Caprella longidentata Arimoto, 1934
99. Species Caprella longimanus Stimpson, 1853
100. Species Caprella luctator Stimpson, 1856
101. Species Caprella lukini Vassilenko, 1974
102. Species Caprella madrasana Giles, 1890
103. Species Caprella manneringi McCain, 1979
104. Species Caprella mantis Latreille, 1816
105. Species Caprella media Vassilenko, 1974
106. Species Caprella megabranchia Heo & Shin & Kim, 2024
107. Species Caprella mendax Mayer, 1903
108. Species Caprella mercedesae Hendrickx & Ayón-Parente, 2014
109. Species Caprella microtuberculata G. O. Sars, 1879
110. Species Caprella minima Arimoto, 1980
111. Species Caprella minuscula Arimoto, 1980
112. Species Caprella mitis Mayer, 1890
113. Species Caprella mixta Mayer, 1903
114. Species Caprella modesta Herklots, 1861
115. Species Caprella monai Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
116. Species Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890
117. Species Caprella montana Kireev & Golovan, 2025
118. Species Caprella multituberculum Lee & Lee, 1996
119. Species Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935
120. Species Caprella nagaoi Arimoto, 1970
121. Species Caprella natalensis Mayer, 1903
122. Species Caprella nichtensis Brandt, 1851
123. Species Caprella nojimaensis Takeuchi, Shiraishi & Mimori, 2021
124. Species Caprella novaezealandiae Kirk, 1878
125. Species Caprella obtusifrons Utinomi, 1943
126. Species Caprella okadai Arimoto, 1930
127. Species Caprella oxyarthra Vassilenko, 1974
128. Species Caprella pacifica Vassilenko, 1972
129. Species Caprella palkii Giles, 1890
130. Species Caprella paramitis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
131. Species Caprella parapaulina Vassilenko, 1974
132. Species Caprella paulina Mayer, 1903
133. Species Caprella penantis Leach, 1814
134. Species Caprella perplexa Peart & Woods, 2025
135. Species Caprella pilidigita Laubitz, 1970
136. Species Caprella pilipalma Dougherty & Steinberg, 1953
137. Species Caprella pinnigera Arimoto, 1980
138. Species Caprella pitu Sánchez-Moyano, García-Asencio & Guerra-García, 2014
139. Species Caprella polyacantha Utinomi, 1947
140. Species Caprella pseudorapax Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
141. Species Caprella pustulata Laubitz, 1970
142. Species Caprella rapax Mayer, 1890
143. Species Caprella rhinoceros Mayer, 1903
144. Species Caprella rhopalochir Mayer, 1903
145. Species Caprella rinki Stephensen, 1916
146. Species Caprella rotundidentata Vassilenko, 1972
147. Species Caprella rudiscula Laubitz, 1970
148. Species Caprella sabineae Guerra-García & García-Gómez, 2003
149. Species Caprella sabulensis Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
150. Species Caprella sanguinea Gould, 1841
151. Species Caprella santosrosai Sanchez-Moyano, Jimenez-Martin & Garcia-Gomez, 1995
152. Species Caprella sarahae Peart & Woods, 2025
153. Species Caprella sarsi Honeyman, 1889
154. Species Caprella scabra Holmes, 1904
155. Species Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
156. Species Caprella scauroides Mayer, 1903
157. Species Caprella scitula Arimoto & Hirayama, 1979
158. Species Caprella sedovi Gurjanova, 1933
159. Species Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838
160. Species Caprella serenae Peart & Woods, 2025
161. Species Caprella simia Mayer, 1903
162. Species Caprella simplex Mayer, 1890
163. Species Caprella singularis Mayer, 1903
164. Species Caprella soyo Arimoto, 1934
165. Species Caprella stella Krapp-Schickel & Vader, 1998
166. Species Caprella striata Mayer, 1903
167. Species Caprella subinermis Mayer, 1890
168. Species Caprella subtilis Mayer, 1903
169. Species Caprella suprapiscis Galván-Villa & Ayón-Parente, 2015
170. Species Caprella takedai Aoki & Ito, 2012
171. Species Caprella takeuchii Guerra-García, Sánchez-Moyano & García-Gómez, 2001
172. Species Caprella tamboensis Takeuchi, Nagano & Keable, 2022
173. Species Caprella tasmaniensis Guiler, 1954
174. Species Caprella tavolarensis Sturaro & Guerra-García, 2012
175. Species Caprella telarpax Mayer, 1890
176. Species Caprella temperativa Arimoto, 1982
177. Species Caprella tenella (Dana, 1853)
178. Species Caprella tenuis Haswell, 1880
179. Species Caprella traudlae Guerra-Garcia, 2004
180. Species Caprella triodos Stebbing, 1910
181. Species Caprella trispinis Honeyman, 1889
182. Species Caprella tsugarensis Utinomi, 1947
183. Species Caprella tuberculata Guérin-Meneville, 1836
184. Species Caprella ungulina Mayer, 1903
185. Species Caprella unica Mayer, 1903
186. Species Caprella uniforma La Follette, 1915
187. Species Caprella vana Mayer, 1903
188. Species Caprella venusta Utinomi, 1943
189. Species Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871
190. Species Caprella vidua Mayer, 1903
191. Species Caprella vitjazi Vassilenko, 1992
192. Species Caprella wirtzi Krapp-Schickel & Takeuchi, 2005
193. Species Caprella zygodonta Vassilenko, 1974
194. Species Caprella inermis Grube, 1864 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
195. Species Caprella acutifrons Latreille, 1816 accepted as Caprella penantis Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
196. Species Caprella aequilibra Say, 1818 accepted as Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
197. Species Caprella anomala Mayer, 1903 accepted as Metacaprella anomala (Mayer, 1903) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
198. Species Caprella bidentata Utinomi, 1947 accepted as Caprella monoceros Mayer, 1890 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
199. Species Caprella calva Spence Bate, 1863 accepted as Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
200. Species Caprella cornigera Haswell, 1879 accepted as Hircella cornigera (Haswell, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
201. Species Caprella cornuta Dana, 1853 accepted as Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836
202. Species Caprella dentata Haller, 1880 accepted as Caprella liparotensis Haller, 1879 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
203. Species Caprella echinata Haswell, 1879 accepted as Paradeutella echinata (Haswell, 1879) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
204. Species Caprella esmarckii Boeck, 1861 accepted as Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 (Synonym)
205. Species Caprella ferox Czerniavsky, 1868 accepted as Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
206. Species Caprella geometrica Say, 1818 accepted as Caprella penantis Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
207. Species Caprella horrida G.O. Sars, 1877 accepted as Metacaprella horrida (Sars G.O., 1877) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
208. Species Caprella hystrix Krøyer, 1843 accepted as Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
209. Species Caprella inermis Haswell, 1879 accepted as Caprella danilevskii Czerniavsky, 1868 (junior subjective synonym)
210. Species Caprella januarii Krøyer, 1843 accepted as Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
211. Species Caprella kennerlyi Stimpson, 1864 accepted as Metacaprella kennerlyi (Stimpson, 1864) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
212. Species Caprella kroeyeri De Haan, 1849 accepted as Caprella kroyeri De Haan, 1849 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
213. Species Caprella laticornis Boeck, 1861 accepted as Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
214. Species Caprella lobata (Müller, 1776) accepted as Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
215. Species Caprella loveni Boeck, 1871 accepted as Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838 (Synonym)
216. Species Caprella macho Platvoet, de Bruyne & Gmelig Meyling, 1995 accepted as Caprella mutica Schurin, 1935 (junior synonym)
217. Species Caprella monocera G.O. Sars, 1894 accepted as Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838 (junior subjective synonym)
218. Species Caprella nodosa Templeton, 1836 accepted as Caprella scaura Templeton, 1836 (junior subjective synonym)
219. Species Caprella protelloides Czerniavsky, 1868 accepted as Caprella acanthifera Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
220. Species Caprella punctata Boeck, 1861 accepted as Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
221. Species Caprella stimpsoni Spence Bate, 1863 accepted as Caprella septentrionalis Krøyer, 1838 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
222. Species Caprella triodous accepted as Caprella triodos Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
223. Species Caprella ultima Spence Bate, 1863 accepted as Caprella equilibra Say, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)

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Lamarck, J. B. de. (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres, ou tableau général des classes, des ordres et des genres de ces animaux. <em>Published by the author and Deterville, Paris.</em> : viii + 432 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14117719
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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. (2026). World Amphipoda Database. Caprella Lamarck, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101430 on 2026-07-06

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