Caprellina Thomson, 1879
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Caprellina Thomson, 1879 View in CoL
Diagnosis. Flagellum of antenna 2 of two–five articles, swimming setae absent. Mandibular palp three-segmented, setal formula for distal article 1-x-1, molar absent. Outer lobe of maxilliped slightly longer than inner lobe. Gills on pereonites 2–4. Pereopods 3 and 4 absent. Pereopod 5 three- or four-articulate, inserted slightly posterior to midlength of pereonite 5. Abdomen of bothe sexes with pair of biarticulated appendages and pair of uniarticulate appendages, penes lateral. (After McCain 1970; Laubitz 1993).
Type species: Caprellina novae-zealandiae Thompson, 1879 View in CoL (= Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849 View in CoL ). Type by monotypy.
Species composition. Five species including the new species: Caprellina bispinosa Müller, 1990 View in CoL , Caprellina judyae sp. nov., Caprellina longicollis Nicolet, 1849 View in CoL , Caprellina plumea sp. nov., Caprellina spiniger K.H. Barnard, 1916 View in CoL ,
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