Primefact Haswells Caprellid

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The Haswell’s Caprellid is a marine amphipod crustacean. It belongs to the family Caprellidae, and is one of ten species in the genus Metaprotella. Caprellids lay their eggs into a pouch formed from flattened plates on their front legs, where they brood their young. Haswell's Caprellid is listed as a species presumed extinct under the Fisheries Management Act 1994 and has not been recorded in NSW in over 100 years.