Caprella mutica Japanese skeleton shrimp

Caprella mutica wird umgangssprachlich oft als Flohkrebs, Gespensterkrebs bezeichnet.

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lexID:

2109 

AphiaID:

146768 

Scientific:

Caprella mutica 

German:

Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs 

English:

Japanese Skeleton Shrimp 

Category:

Ghost crabs 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Amphipoda (Order) > Caprellidae (Family) > Caprella (Genus) > mutica (Species) 

Initial determination:

Schurin, 1935 

Occurrence:

the North Sea, Brazil, Canada Eastern Pacific, Central America (Eastern Pacific), Chile, Columbia, Corea, European Coasts, Gulf of Mexico, Invasive Species, New Zealand, North Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Scandinavia, South America (East Pacific), South America (Western Atlantic Ocean), South East Pacific, South-Africa, the British Isles, USA, Venezuela 

Marine Zone:

Intertidal (Eulittoral), intertidal zone between the high and low tide lines characterized by the alternation of low and high tide down to 15 meters 

Sea depth:

1 - 13 Meter 

Size:

0.12" - 1.97" (0.3cm - 5cm) 

Temperature:

39.2 °F - 10,6 °F (4°C - 10,6°C) 

Food:

algae grazer, epiphytes feeder, Carrion, Detritus, Filter feeder, omnivore, Predatory 

Tank:

2.2 gal (~ 10L)  

Difficulty:

Easy 

Offspring:

Not available as offspring 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Caprella acanthifera
• Caprella acanthogaster
• Caprella alaskana
• Caprella andreae
• Caprella augusta
• Caprella bathytatos
• Caprella borealis
• Caprella brevirostris
• 
  Caprella californica
  Gespenstkrebschen, Skelettgarnele
• Caprella carina
• Caprella ciliata
• Caprella constantina
• Caprella cristibrachium
• Caprella danilevskii
• Caprella drepanochir
• Caprella dubia
• Caprella equilibra
• Caprella erethizon
• Caprella ferrea
• Caprella fretensis
• Caprella geometrica
• Caprella gracilior
• Caprella greenleyi
• Caprella greenlyi
• Caprella incisa
• Caprella irregularis
• Caprella kincaidi
• Caprella laeviuscula
• 
  Caprella linearis
  Europäischer Gespensterkrebs , Widderkrebs
• Caprella mendax
• Caprella microtuberculata
• Caprella monocera
• 
  Caprella mutica
  Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs
• Caprella natalensis
• Caprella parapaulina
• Caprella paulina
• Caprella penantis
• Caprella pilidigita
• Caprella pilipalma
• Caprella punctata
• Caprella pustulata
• Caprella rinki
• Caprella rudiuscula
• Caprella scabra
• Caprella scaura
• 
  Caprella septentrionalis
  Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs
• Caprella striata
• Caprella trispinis
• Caprella turberculata
• Caprella ungulina
• Caprella unica
• Caprella uniforma
• Caprella verrucosa
• Alle anzeigen

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Caprella polyacantha
  Skelettgarnele
• 
  Caprella stella
  Skelettgarnele, Gespensterkrebs

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2007-01-02 21:20:38 

Last edit:

2025-05-20 15:57:50 

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