July 1993
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Detailed study of the mouthparts and general body morphology shows that the Caprellidea can be subdivided into eight taxa, herein considered families, with common unique or uniquely combined characters. Basic differences between the two evolutionary lines within the suborder indicate that Caprellidea is probably polyphyletic, with the caprogammarid line descended from a corphioidean ancestor and the paracercopid line possibly related to the Leucothoidea.