WoRMS name details
Hypophryxus filiformis (Chopra, 1923)
536249 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:536249)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Hypophryxus Shiino, 1934 accepted as Eophrixus Caroli, 1930
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Hemiarthrus filiformis Chopra, 1923) Chopra, B. (1923) Bopyrid isopods parasitic on Indian Macrura. Records of the Indian Museum 25 (5): 411-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v25/i5/1923/162687 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Hypophryxus filiformis (Chopra, 1923). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536249 on 2026-10-05
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Hemiarthrus filiformis Chopra, 1923) Chopra, B. (1923) Bopyrid isopods parasitic on Indian Macrura. Records of the Indian Museum 25 (5): 411-550., available online at https://doi.org/10.26515/rzsi/v25/i5/1923/162687 [details] 
new combination reference Markham, J. C. (1992). Second list of additions to the Isopoda Bopyridae of Hong Kong, 277-302, illustr. <em>In: Morton, B.[Ed.] The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China 3. Volume 1: introduction, taxonomy and ecology. Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, 11-29 April 1989.</em> pp. 1- 526. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. [details] Available for editors
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new combination reference Markham, J. C. (1992). Second list of additions to the Isopoda Bopyridae of Hong Kong, 277-302, illustr. <em>In: Morton, B.[Ed.] The marine flora and fauna of Hong Kong and southern China 3. Volume 1: introduction, taxonomy and ecology. Proceedings of the Fourth International Marine Biological workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China, 11-29 April 1989.</em> pp. 1- 526. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press. [details] Available for editors
Other
context source (HKRMS)
Li L. (2003). Hong Kong's isopods. In: Morton B, editor. Proceedings of an International Workshop Reunion Conference, Hong Kong: Perspectives on Marine Environment Change in Hong Kong and Southern China, 1977-2001.Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. pp 137-166. , available online at https://doi.org/10.1515/9789882202429-013 [details]
Present
Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality