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Caprellidae

Index Caprellidae

Caprellidae is a family of amphipods commonly known as skeleton shrimps. [1]

52 relations: Abdomen, Aeginina, Amphipoda, Animal, Antenna (biology), Appendage, Arthropod, Arthropod leg, Brood pouch (Peracarida), Brooding anemone, Bryozoa, Caprella, Caprellidira, Caprellinoides, Caprelloidea, Cephalon, Common name, Corophiida, Crustacean, Crustacean larva, Decapod anatomy, Encarta, Epiactis prolifera, Family (biology), Filter feeder, Hydroid (zoology), Hydrozoa, Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, Malacostraca, Mandible (arthropod mouthpart), Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, Marine Life Information Network, Maxilla (arthropod mouthpart), Melibe leonina, Nudibranch, Order (biology), Pariambus, Pariambus typicus, Pearson College UWC, Protozoa, Raptorial, Sexual dimorphism, Shiner perch, Shrimp, Solmundella, Surfperch, Taxonomic rank, Thorina, University of Washington Press, William Elford Leach, ..., World Register of Marine Species, Zostera. Expand index (2 more) »

Abdomen

The abdomen (less formally called the belly, stomach, tummy or midriff) constitutes the part of the body between the thorax (chest) and pelvis, in humans and in other vertebrates.

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Aeginina

Aeginina is a genus of amphipods in the family Caprellidae.

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Amphipoda

Amphipoda is an order of malacostracan crustaceans with no carapace and generally with laterally compressed bodies.

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Animal

Animals are multicellular eukaryotic organisms that form the biological kingdom Animalia.

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Antenna (biology)

Antennae (singular: antenna), sometimes referred to as "feelers," are paired appendages used for sensing in arthropods.

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Appendage

In invertebrate biology, an appendage (or outgrowth) is an external body part, or natural prolongation, that protrudes from an organism's body (in vertebrate biology, an example would be a vertebrate's limbs).

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Arthropod

An arthropod (from Greek ἄρθρον arthron, "joint" and πούς pous, "foot") is an invertebrate animal having an exoskeleton (external skeleton), a segmented body, and paired jointed appendages.

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Arthropod leg

The arthropod leg is a form of jointed appendage of arthropods, usually used for walking.

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Brood pouch (Peracarida)

The marsupium or brood pouch, is a characteristic feature of Peracarida, including the orders Amphipoda, Isopoda and Cumacea.

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Brooding anemone

The brooding anemone, Halianthella annularis, is a species of sea anemone in the family Halcampidae,.

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Bryozoa

Bryozoa (also known as the Polyzoa, Ectoprocta or commonly as moss animals) are a phylum of aquatic invertebrate animals.

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Caprella

Caprella is a large genus of skeleton shrimps belonging to the subfamily Caprellinae of the family Caprellidae.

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Caprellidira

Caprellidira is a parvorder of marine crustaceans of the infraorder Corophiida.

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Caprellinoides

Caprellinoides is a genus of amphipods (commonly known as skeleton shrimps) in the family Caprellidae.

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Caprelloidea

Caprelloidea is a superfamily of marine crustaceans in the order Amphipoda.

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Cephalon

Cephalon, Inc. was a U.S. biopharmaceutical company co-founded in 1987 by Frank Baldino, Jr, pharmacologist, Michael Lewis, neuroscientist and James C. Kauer, organic chemist, all three former scientists with the DuPont Company.

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Common name

In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, trivial name, trivial epithet, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; this kind of name is often contrasted with the scientific name for the same organism, which is Latinized.

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Corophiida

Corophiida is an infraorder of amphipods that contains the two parvorders Caprellidira (skeleton shrimp and whale lice) and Corophiidira.

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Crustacean

Crustaceans (Crustacea) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, woodlice, and barnacles.

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Crustacean larva

Crustaceans may pass through a number of larval and immature stages between hatching from their eggs and reaching their adult form.

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Decapod anatomy

The decapod crustacean, such as a crab, lobster, shrimp or prawn, is made up of 20 body segments grouped into two main body parts, the cephalothorax and the pleon (abdomen).

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Encarta

Microsoft Encarta was a digital multimedia encyclopedia published by Microsoft Corporation from 1993 to 2009.

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Epiactis prolifera

Epiactis prolifera, the brooding, proliferating or small green anemone, is a species of marine invertebrate in the family Actiniidae.

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Family (biology)

In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.

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Filter feeder

Filter feeders are a sub-group of suspension feeding animals that feed by straining suspended matter and food particles from water, typically by passing the water over a specialized filtering structure.

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Hydroid (zoology)

Hydroids are a life stage for most animals of the class Hydrozoa, small predators related to jellyfish.

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Hydrozoa

Hydrozoa (hydrozoans, from ancient Greek ὕδρα, hydra, "sea serpent" and ζῷον, zoon, "animal") are a taxonomic class of individually very small, predatory animals, some solitary and some colonial, most living in salt water.

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Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

The Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology is a peer-reviewed bimonthly journal which publishes work on the biochemistry, physiology, behaviour, and genetics of marine plants and animals in relation to their ecology.

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Malacostraca

Malacostraca is the largest of the six classes of crustaceans, containing about 40,000 living species, divided among 16 orders.

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Mandible (arthropod mouthpart)

The mandibles of a bull ant The mandible (from mandibula or mandĭbŭ-lum, a jaw) of an arthropod is a pair of mouthparts used either for biting or cutting and holding food.

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Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom

The Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom (MBA) is a learned society with a scientific laboratory that undertakes research in marine biology.

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Marine Life Information Network

The Marine Life Information Network (MarLIN) is an information system for marine biodiversity for Great Britain and Ireland.

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Maxilla (arthropod mouthpart)

In arthropods, the maxillae (singular maxilla) are paired structures present on the head as mouthparts in members of the clade Mandibulata, used for tasting and manipulating food.

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Melibe leonina

Melibe leonina, commonly referred to as the hooded nudibranch, lion nudibranch, or lion's mane nudibranch, is a species of predatory nudibranch in the family Tethydidae.

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Nudibranch

Nudibranchs are a group of soft-bodied, marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage.

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Order (biology)

In biological classification, the order (ordo) is.

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Pariambus

Pariambus is a genus of amphipod crustaceans comprising the two species Pariambus typicus and Pariambus minutus.

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Pariambus typicus

Pariambus typicus is a species of amphipod crustacean.

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Pearson College UWC

Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific (Pearson College UWC) is one of seventeen schools and colleges around the world in the UWC (United World Colleges) movement.

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Protozoa

Protozoa (also protozoan, plural protozoans) is an informal term for single-celled eukaryotes, either free-living or parasitic, which feed on organic matter such as other microorganisms or organic tissues and debris.

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Raptorial

The term raptorial implies much the same as predatory but most often refers to modifications of an arthropod's foreleg that make it function for the grasping of prey while it is consumed, where the gripping surfaces are formed from the opposing faces of two successive leg segments (see illustration).

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Sexual dimorphism

Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.

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Shiner perch

The shiner perch (Cymatogaster aggregata) is a common surfperch found in estuaries, lagoons, and coastal streams along the Pacific coast from Alaska to Baja California.

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Shrimp

The term shrimp is used to refer to some decapod crustaceans, although the exact animals covered can vary.

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Solmundella

Solmundella is a genus of hydrozoan in the family Solmundaeginidae.

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Surfperch

The surfperches are a family of perciform fishes, Embiotocidae.

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Taxonomic rank

In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.

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Thorina

Thorina is a genus of amphipod crustaceans comprising the two species Thorina spinosa and Thorina elongata.

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University of Washington Press

The University of Washington Press is an American academic publishing house.

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William Elford Leach

William Elford Leach, MD, FRS (2 February 1791 – 25 August 1836) was an English zoologist and marine biologist.

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World Register of Marine Species

The World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) is a database that aims to provide an authoritative and comprehensive list of names of marine organisms.

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Zostera

Zostera is a small genus of widely distributed seagrasses, commonly called marine eelgrass or simply eelgrass.

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Aeginellidae, Caprellinae, Caprellinoididae, Paracercopidae, Paracercopinae, Pariambidae, Phtisicidae, Phtisicinae, Phtisicoidea, Protellidae, Skeleton Shrimp, Skeleton shrimp, Skeleton shrimps.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caprellidae

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