Suborder CAPRELLIDEA
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Helen E. Stoddart & James K. Lowry
Introduction
The higher level classification of caprellideans is decidedly unstable. Several family level schemes have been proposed, based on traditional taxonomic methodology (see McCain 1970; Laubitz 1993; Takeuchi 1993). In this work we follow Takeuchi (1993) because he groups the genera in the least number of families and because there is some support for at least two lineages among caprellideans (see Laubitz 1993; Takeuchi 1993). Based on their highly characteristic body, form caprellideans have always been grouped at suborder rank within the Amphipoda. But the discovery of caprogammarids (Kudrjaschov & Vassilenko 1966) gives a clear indication of a relationship between caprellideans and gammarideans.
New phylogenetic evidence (Myers & Lowry 2003) indicates that podocerid and dulichiid amphipods are a part of a large caprellidan clade which forms part of the suborder Corophiidea as conceived by Barnard & Karaman (1983).
General References
Barnard, J.L. & Karaman, G.S. 1983. Australia as a major evolutionary centre for Amphipoda (Crustacea). 45-61 in Lowry, J.K. (ed.). Papers from the Conference on the Biology and Evolution of Crustacea. Memoirs of the Australian Museum 18: 1-218
Kudrjaschov, V.A. & Vassilenko, S.V. 1966. A new family Caprogammaridae (Amphipoda, Gammaridea) found in the north-west Pacific. Crustaceana 10(2): 192-198
Laubitz, D.R. 1993. Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda): towards a new synthesis. 965-976 in Moore, P.G. & Watling, L. (eds). Amphipods, a noble obsession: essays in memory of J. Laurens Barnard (1928–1991). Journal of Natural History 27(4): 725-988
McCain, J.C. 1970. Familial taxa within the Caprellidea (Crustacea, Amphipoda). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 82: 837-842
Myers, A.A. & Lowry, J.K. 2003. A phylogeny and a new classification of the Corophiidea Leach, 1814 (Amphipoda). Journal of Crustacean Biology 23(2): 443-485
Takeuchi, I. 1993. Is the Caprellidea a monophyletic group? 947-964 in Moore, P.G. & Watling, L. (eds). Amphipods, a noble obsession: essays in memory of J. Laurens Barnard (1928–1991). Journal of Natural History 27(4): 723-988