WoRMS name details
Bopyrus Latreille, 1802
118168 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118168)
unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Genus
Monoculus crangorum Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (type by monotypy)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [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. Bopyrus Latreille, 1802. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118168 on 2026-10-10
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Nomenclature
original description
Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
basis of record Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322. (look up in IMIS) [details]
basis of record Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322. (look up in IMIS) [details]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1890) Prodome d'une monographie des epicarides du golfe de Naples. Bulletin Scientifique, Paris 22: 367-391. [details]
Other
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 Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
