| Specimen ID | 4642 |
| Group | Crustaceans-Amphipods |
| Genus | Caprella |
| Species | mutica |
| Common Name | skeleton shrimp |
| State | CA |
| County | Monterey |
| Locality | Elkhorn Slough |
| Mapping Accuracy | Approximate |
| HUC8 Name | Monterey Bay |
| HUC8 Number | 18060015 |
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| Collection Year | 1978 |
| Year Accuracy | Actual |
| Potential Pathway | hitch hiker with oysters |
| Status | established |
| Reference 1 |
| Ref. Number: | 10319 |
| Author: | Cohen, A.N., and J.T. Carlton. |
| Date: | 1995 |
| Title: | Nonindigenous Aquatic Species in a United States Estuary, A Case Study of the Biological Invasions of the San Francisco Bay and Delta. |
| Journal: | Report for USFWS, WA DC, and Connecticut Sea Grant |
| Publisher: | A report for the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, DC and The National Sea Grant College Program Connecticut Sea Grant. |
| Pages: | 246 pp |
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| Reference 2 |
| Ref. Number: | 9253 |
| Author: | Marelli, D.C. |
| Date: | 1981 |
| Title: | New records for Caprellidae in California, and notes on a morphological variant of Caprella verrucosa Boeck, 1871. |
| Journal: | Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington |
| Volume: | 94 |
| Pages: | 654-662 |
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| Comments | Native to the Sea of Japan. This species was found to survive transport in ballast tanks (JT Carlton, see ref. #9254) |
| Record Type | Literature |
| Freshwater/Marine | Marine |
