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Caprella penantis

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about Caprella penantis

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 penantis live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Caprella penantis as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Argentina
  2. New Zealand

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 penantis 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 penantis classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyCaprellidae
  6. genusCaprella
  7. SpeciesCaprella penantis Leach, 1814

Synonyms Caprella acutifrons, Caprella acutifrons f. porcellio, Caprella geometrica

Other names and names in other languages (4)
  • caprelleFrench
  • マルエラワレカラJapanese
  • 둥근아가미바다대벌레Korean
  • PuntkopspookkreeftDutch

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Caprella penantis

Other species in the same genus Caprella.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is Caprella penantis an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists Caprella penantis as introduced in 2 countries: Argentina and New Zealand, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is Caprella penantis?

Caprella penantis (Caprella penantis) 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 penantis (Caprella penantis). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-penantis

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{caprella_penantis_2026,
  title = {Caprella penantis (Caprella penantis)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-penantis},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}