Caprella penantis

Caprella penantis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Caprella
Species:
C. penantis
Binomial name
Caprella penantis
Leach, 1814[1]
Synonyms
  • Caprella acutifrons Latreille, 1816

Caprella penantis is a species of skeleton shrimp in the family Caprellidae. It lives on the seabed in shallow water in many parts of the world. This species was first described in 1814 by the English zoologist William Elford Leach who named it Caprella penantis in honour of the Welsh naturalist Thomas Pennant. The type locality is Devon, England.[2]

  1. ^ Costello, Mark (2018). Lowry J (ed.). "Caprella penantis Leach, 1814". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. ^ George Albert Llano; I. Eugene Wallen (1971). Biology of the Antarctic Seas IV. American Geophysical Union. p. 114.