Caprella kominatoensis

Caprella kominatoensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Amphipoda
Family: Caprellidae
Genus: Caprella
Species: C. kominatoensis
Binomial name
Caprella kominatoensis
Takeuchi, 1986

Caprella kominatoensis is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella.[1] It was described in 1986 by Ichiro Takeuchi for specimens from Amatsu-Kominato (now part of Kamogawa), Chiba Prefecture, Japan, and is closely related to C. decipiens.[2]

References

  1. Jim Lowry (2010). J. Lowry, ed. "Caprella kominatoensis Takeuchi, 1986". World Amphipoda database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved February 1, 2012.
  2. Ichiro Takeuchi (1986). "Caprella kominatoensis n. sp. (Amphipoda, Caprellidae) from Amatsu-Kominato, Chiba, Japan". Bulletin of the National Science Museum. ser. A, Zoology 12 (2): 67–73.


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