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]
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Fifteen families are currently recognised in the group. They are grouped into seven superfamilies.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]

^ "Caprellidira Leach, 1814". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved March 4, 2011.

^ Claude De Broyer (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprellida". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 31, 2011.

^ Sara E. LeCroy (2007). "Appendix II: Revised Classification of the Corophiidea". An Illustrated Identification Guide to the Nearshore Marine and Estuarine Gammaridean Amphipoda of Florida. Volume 4: Families Anamixidae, Eusiridae, Hyalellidae, Hyalidae, Iphimediidae, Ischyroceridae, Lysianassidae, Megaluropidae, and Melphidippidae. Florida Department of Environmental Protection. p. 612.

^ A. A. Myers & J. K. Lowry (2003). "A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda)". Journal of Crustacean Biology. 23 (2): 443–485. doi:10.1651/0278-0372(2003)023[0443:APAANC]2.0.CO;2. JSTOR 1549648.

^ Lowry, J.K.; Myers, A.A. (2017). "A Phylogeny and Classification of the Amphipoda with the establishment of the new order Ingolfiellida (Crustacea: Peracarida)". Zootaxa. 4265 (1). Magnolia Press: 001–089. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4265.1.1. PMID 28610392.

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