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Caprella simia

Status not recordedcrustaceans

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

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Quick facts about Caprella simia

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 simia live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

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

  1. United States

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 simia 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 simia classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classMalacostraca
  4. orderAmphipoda
  5. familyCaprellidae
  6. genusCaprella
  7. SpeciesCaprella simia Mayer, 1903
Other names and names in other languages (2)
  • カマテワレカラJapanese
  • 뾰족머리긴팔바다대벌레Korean

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Caprella simia

Other species in the same genus Caprella.

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Common questions

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Is Caprella simia an invasive species?

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

What kind of animal is Caprella simia?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{caprella_simia_2026,
  title = {Caprella simia (Caprella simia)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/caprella-simia},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}