Caprellidira

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

Caprellidira
Pariambus typicus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Amphipoda
Suborder:	Senticaudata
Infraorder:	Corophiida
Parvorder:	Caprellidira Leach, 1814 [1]
Families
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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