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Published: 2009-10-08
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Caprellidae

Laboratorio de Biología Marina, Departamento de Fisiología y Zoología, Facultad de Biología, Universidad de Sevilla, Avda Reina Mercedes 6, 41012 Sevilla, Spain
Crustacea section, Australian Museum, 6 College Street, Sydney, New South Wales, 2010, Australia
Crustacea Amphipoda Caprellidae Great Barrier Reef Australia taxonomy Aciconula australiensis Caprella penantis Hemiaegina minuta Metaprotella sandalensis Orthoprotella australis Orthoprotella pearce Orthoprotella sp. Paracaprella sp.

Abstract

Seventeen species of caprellids in 14 genera are reported, mainly from Lizard Island on the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia. Metaprotella sandalensis Mayer, 1898 and Quadrisegmentum triangulum Hirayama, 1988, are the most common species in the reef system. Although caprellids were present at most sites, they were abundant only on hydroid and sediment substrates.

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