Isopoda taxon details
Aporobopyrus megacephalon (Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929)
258999 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:258999)
accepted
Species
Pleurocryptosa megacephalon Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929 · unaccepted (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Pleurocryptosa megacephalon 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 
Note Gulf of Thailand
type locality Gulf of Thailand [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. Aporobopyrus megacephalon (Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929). Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=258999 on 2025-06-01
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(of Pleurocryptosa megacephalon 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
context source (HKRMS) Li L. (2002). The taxonomy, biology abd behaviour of Dynoides daguilarensis (Malacostraca: Isopoda) in the Cape d' Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Adkison, D. L. (1988) Pseudione parviramus and Aporobopyrus collardi, two new species of Bopyridae (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 576-584. [details] Available for editors
context source (HKRMS) Li L. (2002). The taxonomy, biology abd behaviour of Dynoides daguilarensis (Malacostraca: Isopoda) in the Cape d' Aguilar Marine Reserve, Hong Kong. PhD thesis. The University of Hong Kong. [details]
basis of record 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 Liu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
new combination reference Adkison, D. L. (1988) Pseudione parviramus and Aporobopyrus collardi, two new species of Bopyridae (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 101: 576-584. [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
type locality Gulf of Thailand [details]
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