Caprella linearis

{{Short description|Species of crustacean}}

{{Speciesbox

| name =Caprella linearis

| image = Svalbard Museum caprella linearis IMG 6929.JPG

| taxon = Caprella linearis

| authority = (Linnaeus, 1767)

| synonyms_ref={{cite journal|author=José Manuel Guerra-García|year=2002|title=Re-descriptions of Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) and C. septentrionalis Kröyer, 1838 (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Caprellidea) from Scotland, with an ontogenetic comparison between the species and a study of the clinging behaviour|journal=Sarsia|volume=87|issue=3|pages=216–235|publisher=University of Bergen & the Institute of Marine Research, Norway|doi=10.1080/00364820260294851}}

| synonyms=

• Cancer linearis (Linnaeus, 1767)
• Caprella laevis Goodsir, 1842
• Caprella lobata Bate, 1856
• Gammarus quadrilobatus (Abildgaard, 1789)
• Oniscus scolopendroides (Pallas, 1772)
• Squilla lobata Müller, 1776
• Squilla quadrilobata Abildgaard, 1788

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Caprella linearis (linear skeleton shrimp) is a species of skeleton shrimp in the genus Caprella.{{cite WoRMS|author=J. Lowry|author2=M. Costello|author3=D. Bellan-Santini|name-list-style=amp|year=2011|id=101839 |title=Caprella linearis (Linnaeus, 1767) |db=amphipod|accessdate=February 12, 2012}} It is native to the North Atlantic, North Pacific, and the Arctic Ocean. It closely resembles Caprella septentrionalis with which it shares the same geographical distribution.{{cite web|title=Caprella linearis|author1=Mario de Kluijver |author2=Sarita Ingalsuo |work=Macrobenthos of the North Sea - Crustacea |publisher=Marine Species Identification Portal}}

Caprella linearis is the type species of the genus Caprella. It was first described by Carl Linnaeus in 1767 as "Cancer linearis".{{cite book|author=Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|author-link=Jean-Baptiste Lamarck|title =Système des animaux sans vertèbres|year =1801|page=[https://archive.org/details/systmedesanima00lama/page/165 165]|publisher=Paris, L'Auteur |url =https://archive.org/details/systmedesanima00lama}}