Global InformationCaprella linearis information
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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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| Binomial name | |
| Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
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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]
- ^ a b J. Lowry, M. Costello, D. Bellan-Santini (2011). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
- ^ a b 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. 87 (3). University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway: 216–235. doi:10.1080/00364820260294851.
- ^ Mario de Kluijver; Sarita Ingalsuo. "Caprella linearis". Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea. Marine Species Identification Portal.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1801). Système des animaux sans vertèbres. p. 165.