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Caprella equilibra

Status not recordedcrustaceans

Caprella equilibra is a species in the family Caprellidae, order Amphipoda.

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Quick facts about Caprella equilibra

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does Caprella equilibra live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Caprella equilibra as introduced in 1 country.

  1. Belgium

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is Caprella equilibra endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is Caprella equilibra classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyCaprellidae
  6. genusCaprella
  7. SpeciesCaprella equilibra Say, 1818

Synonyms Caprella aequilibra, Caprella aquilibra, Caprella equilibra, Caprella esmarckii, Caprella januarii, Caprella laticornis, Caprella ultima

Other names and names in other languages (3)
  • クビナガワレカラJapanese
  • 가슴가시바다대벌레Korean
  • bruingevlekte spookkreeftDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Caprella equilibra

Other species in the same genus Caprella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Caprella equilibra an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Caprella equilibra as introduced in 1 country: Belgium, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Caprella equilibra?

Caprella equilibra (Caprella equilibra) belongs to the family Caprellidae in the order Amphipoda.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Caprella equilibra (Caprella equilibra). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-equilibra

MLA

“Caprella equilibra (Caprella equilibra).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-equilibra.

BibTeX
@misc{caprella_equilibra_2026,
  title = {Caprella equilibra (Caprella equilibra)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-equilibra},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}