CAPRELLIDEA
(skeleton shrimps)

Taxonomic hierarchy:

Suborder	CAPRELLIDEA (skeleton shrimps)
Order	AMPHIPODA (freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)
Superorder	PERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
Subclass	EUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
Class	MALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
Subphylum	CRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
Phylum	ARTHROPODA (arthropods)
Superphylum	ECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
Clade	Bilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
Subkingdom	EUMETAZOA (metazoans)
Kingdom	ANIMALIA (animals)
Domain	Eukaryota (eukaryotes)
Life	BIOTA (living things)

CAPRELLIDEA is also a member of:
Invertebrates - Invertebrates (via Arthropoda)

Identification Works

	Author	Year	Title	Source
	Harrison, R.J.	1944	Caprellidea (Amphipoda, Crustacea)	Synopses of the British Fauna , No. 2, 27pp, The Linnean Society of London

CAPRELLIDEA (skeleton shrimps) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

AMPHIPODA
(freshwater shrimps, sand hoppers and other amphipods)

MALACOSTRACA
(crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)

CRUSTACEA
(crustaceans)

ARTHROPODA
(arthropods)

ANIMALIA
(animals)

Eukaryota
(eukaryotes)

BIOTA
(living things)

NBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for CAPRELLIDEA (skeleton shrimps)

BioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for CAPRELLIDEA (skeleton shrimps)

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Taxonomic hierarchy:

CAPRELLIDEA is also a member of:

Identification Works

BioImages - Virtual Field-Guide (UK)