Caprella sp

Guerra-García, J. M. & Takeuchi, I., 2002, The Caprellidea (Crustacea: Amphipoda) from Ceuta, North Africa, with the description of three species of Caprella, a key to the species of Caprella, and biogeographical discussion, Journal of Natural History 36 (6), pp. 675-713 : 698

Caprella sp (belonging to the armata -group, see Krapp-Schickel and Vader, 1998)

Material examined. 15A: three males, four females, one juvenile; 16A: four males, one ovigerous female; 17A: four males, three females, three juveniles; 17B: three males, one female, one ovigerous female, three juveniles; 20A: two males, one female; 22A: ®ve males, three females, two ovigerous females, three juveniles; 23A: two males, one female.

Remarks

The specimens studied are very similar to those described as Caprella acanthifera discrepans ( Krapp-Schickel, 1993) . They are characterized by the presence of an axillary spine near the coxa of gnathopod 2. The taxa with this spine, belonging to the armata -group, are still awaiting revision ( Krapp-Schickel and Vader, 1998)