Caprella linearis

Caprella linearis (linear skeleton shrimp) is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella.^[1] It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles Caprella septentrionalis with which it shares the same geographical distribution.^[2][3]

Caprella linearis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Family:	Caprellidae
Genus:	Caprella
Species:	C. linearis
Binomial name
Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
Synonyms[1][2]
Cancer linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) Caprella laevis Goodsir, 1842 Caprella lobata Bate, 1856 Gammarus quadrilobatus (Abildgaard, 1789) Oniscus scolopendroides (Pallas, 1772) Squilla lobata Müller, 1776 Squilla quadrilobata Abildgaard, 1788

Caprella linearis is the type species of the genus Caprella. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "Cancer linearis".^[4]

See also

• Caprella mutica