| Resumo: | This is the first contribution to the study of the caprellid fauna from Lanzarote. The species Caprella acanthifera Leach, C. cavediniae Krapp-Schickel and Vader, C. danilevskii Czerniavski, C. equilibra Say, C. penantis (Leach), Phtisica marina (Slabber), Pariambus typicus (Kröyer) and Pseudoprotella phasma (Montagu) were taken from intertidal substrates and soft bottoms at a depth of 10-13 m. The species C. cavediniae is first recorded from the Atlantic Ocean. Autoecological data of each species and a key to the Caprellidea reported so far from the Canary Islands are also presented. Key words: Atlantic-mediterranean region, Canary Islands, Lanzarote, soft- bottoms, intertidal, Amphipods, Caprellids.
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