Skeleton shrimp
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Skeleton shrimp are marine crustaceans of the infraorder Caprellida. The name denotes the threadlike slender body which allows them virtually to disappear among the fine filaments of seaweed. Most species are predators, some are filter feeders. They remain motionless for long periods of time while waiting to ambush their prey, often protozoa or small worms. Females of some species of skeleton shrimp kill the males after mating, using venom injected by a venomous claw.
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[edit] Some species
- Caprella laeviuscula smooth skeleton shrimp
- Aeginella longicornis long-horn skeleton shrimp
[edit] Families
Superfamily Aetiopedesoidea
- Aetiopedesidae
- Paragammaropsidae
Superfamily Caprelloidea Leach, 1814
- Caprellidae Leach, 1814
- Caprogammaridae Kudrjaschov and Vassilenko, 1966
- Cyamidae
- Dulichiidae
- Podoceridae
Superfamily Isaeoidea
Superfamily Microprotopoidea
- Microprotopodidae
Superfamily Neomegamphopoidea
- Neomegamphopodidae
- Priscomilitariidae
Superfamily Photoidea
- Ischyroceridae
- Kamakidae
- Photidae
Superfamily Rakirooidae
- Rakiroidae
