Biology:Caprella linearis
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Short description: Species of crustacean
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Amphipoda |
| Family: | Caprellidae |
| Genus: | Caprella |
| Species: | C. linearis
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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 is the type species of the genus Caprella. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "Cancer linearis".[4]
See also
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J. Lowry; M. Costello (2011). "Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=101839.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 José Manuel Guerra-García (2002). "Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour". Sarsia (University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway) 87 (3): 216–235. doi:10.1080/00364820260294851.
- ↑ "Caprella linearis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
- ↑ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. p. 165. https://archive.org/details/systmedesanima00lama.
External links
- Video of Caprella linearis males fighting
- Photos of Caprella linearis on Sealife Collection
Wikidata ☰ Q3934148 entry
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