WoRMS taxon details
Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879)
157905 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:157905)
accepted
Species
Bopyrus palaemoneticola Packard, 1881 · unaccepted (unnecessary replacement name)
Bopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879 · unaccepted (basionym)
Palaegyge meeki Richardson, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Probopyrus bithynis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Probopyrus creaseri Pearse, 1936 · unaccepted (synonym)
Probopyrus floridensis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1925 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Probopyrus oviformis Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929 · unaccepted (synonym)
Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912 · unaccepted (synonym)
Probopyrus pandicola (Packard, 1879) · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Probopyrus papaloapanensis Rioja, 1949 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Bopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879) Packard, A. S. (1879). Zoology for Students and General Readers. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 719 pp. [details] 
Note E. coast USA
type locality E. coast USA [details]
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=157905 on 2025-06-24
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Probopyrus oviformis Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929) Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1929). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 48. Epicaridea 1. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn.</em> 87: 1-44. [details] Available for editors 
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original description (of Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912) Richardson, H. (1912). Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belonging to the genera Palaegyge and Probopyrus from Panama. <em>Proceedings of the United States Museum.</em> 42(1914): 521-524. [details]
original description (of Bopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879) Packard, A. S. (1879). Zoology for Students and General Readers. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 719 pp. [details]
original description (of Palaegyge meeki Richardson, 1912) Richardson, H. (1912). Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belonging to the genera Palaegyge and Probopyrus from Panama. <em>Proceedings of the United States Museum.</em> 42(1914): 521-524. [details]
original description (of Probopyrus floridensis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1925) Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender a Brandis, G. A. (1925). Bijdrage tot de kennis der fauna van Curacao. Epicaridea. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 24: 1-8. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Probopyrus creaseri Pearse, 1936) Pearse, A.S. (1936). Results of Survey of the Cenotes of Yucatan. VII. Parasites from Yucatan. In: Pearse, A.S., E.P. Creaser & F.G. Hall (eds.). The Cenotes of Yucatan. A Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 457:45-59, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-2, tabs. (ii-1936) [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Probopyrus papaloapanensis Rioja, 1949) Rioja, E. (1949). Estudios carcinologicos. XIX. Un nuevo crustaceo isopodo, parasito de la familia de los bopiridos del Papaloapan. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.</em> 19(1): 169-174. [details] Available for editors [request]
original description (of Bopyrus palaemoneticola Packard, 1881) Packard, A. S., Jr. (1881). Zoology for High Schools and Colleges. Third Edition, Revised. Henry Holt and Company, New York. [details]
original description (of Probopyrus bithynis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929) Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1929). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 48. Epicaridea 1. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn.</em> 87: 1-44. [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
new combination reference Giard, A. & J. Bonnier. (1888). Sur deux nouveaux genres d'Epicarides (Probopyrus et Palegyge). <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie de Sciences.</em> 107: 304-306. [details]
[request]original description (of Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912) Richardson, H. (1912). Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belonging to the genera Palaegyge and Probopyrus from Panama. <em>Proceedings of the United States Museum.</em> 42(1914): 521-524. [details]
original description (of Bopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879) Packard, A. S. (1879). Zoology for Students and General Readers. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 719 pp. [details]
original description (of Palaegyge meeki Richardson, 1912) Richardson, H. (1912). Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belonging to the genera Palaegyge and Probopyrus from Panama. <em>Proceedings of the United States Museum.</em> 42(1914): 521-524. [details]
original description (of Probopyrus floridensis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1925) Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender a Brandis, G. A. (1925). Bijdrage tot de kennis der fauna van Curacao. Epicaridea. <em>Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde.</em> 24: 1-8. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Probopyrus creaseri Pearse, 1936) Pearse, A.S. (1936). Results of Survey of the Cenotes of Yucatan. VII. Parasites from Yucatan. In: Pearse, A.S., E.P. Creaser & F.G. Hall (eds.). The Cenotes of Yucatan. A Zoological and Hydrographic Survey. Publications of the Carnegie Institution of Washington 457:45-59, figs. 1-7, pls. 1-2, tabs. (ii-1936) [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Probopyrus papaloapanensis Rioja, 1949) Rioja, E. (1949). Estudios carcinologicos. XIX. Un nuevo crustaceo isopodo, parasito de la familia de los bopiridos del Papaloapan. <em>Anales del Instituto de Biología de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.</em> 19(1): 169-174. [details] Available for editors
[request]original description (of Bopyrus palaemoneticola Packard, 1881) Packard, A. S., Jr. (1881). Zoology for High Schools and Colleges. Third Edition, Revised. Henry Holt and Company, New York. [details]
original description (of Probopyrus bithynis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929) Nierstrasz, H. F.; Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1929). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. 48. Epicaridea 1. <em>Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn.</em> 87: 1-44. [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Pollock, L.W. (1998). A practical guide to the marine animals of northeastern North America. Rutgers University Press. New Brunswick, New Jersey & London. 367 pp., available online at http://books.google.com/books?id=i1AmT31cuR4C [details]
new combination reference Giard, A. & J. Bonnier. (1888). Sur deux nouveaux genres d'Epicarides (Probopyrus et Palegyge). <em>Comptes Rendus Hebdomadaires des Séances de l'Académie de Sciences.</em> 107: 304-306. [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Markham, J. C. (1985) A review of the bopyrid isopods infesting caridean shrimps in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with special reference to those collected during the Hourglass cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises 7 (3): 1-156. [details] Available for editors [request]
[request]Other
additional source
Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). , available online at http://www.itis.gov [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality E. coast USA [details]Unreviewed
Distribution Virginian, southside of Cape Cod to Cape Hatteras [details]
To Barcode of Life (14 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Probopyrus oviformis Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Probopyrus pandalicola)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 31623 Probopyrus pandalicola dorsal at 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 86852 Probopyrus pandalicola dorsal at 50x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Probopyrus creaseri Pearse, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (37 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Palaegyge meeki Richardson, 1912)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 100713)
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (1 publication) (from synonym Probopyrus oviformis Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (27 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Probopyrus pandalicola)
To GenBank (18 nucleotides; 10 proteins)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 31623 Probopyrus pandalicola dorsal at 9x photo)
To NMNH Extant Collection (IZ CRT 86852 Probopyrus pandalicola dorsal at 50x photo)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (1 record) (from synonym Probopyrus creaseri Pearse, 1936)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (2 records) (from synonym Probopyrus panamensis Richardson, 1912)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (37 records)
To USNM Invertebrate Zoology Arthropoda Collection (9 records) (from synonym Palaegyge meeki Richardson, 1912)
To Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History (YPM IZ 100713)
To ITIS
