WoRMS taxon details
Bopyrus Bosc, 1801
1650761 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1650761)
accepted
Genus
Monoculus crangorum Fabricius, 1798 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (type by monotypy)
Bopyrus Bosc, 1801 · unaccepted > nomen nudum (no included species)
Bopyrus Latreille, 1802 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
Hexona Risso, 1826 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Bopyrus bimaculatus Chopra, 1923
- Species Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798)
- Species Bopyrus palaemonis Risso, 1816 (uncertain > nomen dubium)
- Species Bopyrus abdominalis Krøyer, 1840 accepted as Hemiarthrus abdominalis (Krøyer, 1840) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus alphei Richardson, 1900 accepted as Capitetragonia alphei (Richardson, 1900) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus alphei Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Capitetragonia alphei (Richardson, 1900) (nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus bernhardi Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Athelges paguri (Rathke, 1843) (synonym)
- Species Bopyrus foliosus Krøyer in Gaimard, [1842] accepted as Anathelges foliosus (Krøyer in Gaimard, [1842]) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bopyrus fougerouxi Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (unnecessary replacement name for Bopyrus squillarum)
- Species Bopyrus galatea Thompson, 1844 (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus helleri Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (synonym)
- Species Bopyrus hippolytes Kröyer, 1838 accepted as Bopyroides hippolytes (Kröyer, 1838) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus latreutis Spence Bate, 1888 accepted as Probopyrinella latreuticola (Gissler, 1882) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Species Bopyrus mysidum Packard, 1867 accepted as Dajus mysidis Krøyer, 1842
- Species Bopyrus ocellatus Czerniavsky, 1868 accepted as Bopyrina ocellata (Czerniavsky, 1868) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus palaemoneticola Packard, 1881 accepted as Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879) (unnecessary replacement name)
- Species Bopyrus pandalicola Packard, 1879 accepted as Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus rathkei Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus rathkei Bonnier, 1900 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus rathkei Stebbing, 1893 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (unaccepted > nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus resupinatus Müller, 1871 accepted as Anathelges resupinatus (Müller, 1871) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (invalid replacement name)
- Species Bopyrus stebbingi Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923 accepted as Discorsobopyrus stebbingi (Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923) (basionym)
- Species Bopyrus treillianus Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus treillianus Bonnier, 1900 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (nomen nudum)
- Species Bopyrus virbii Walz, 1881 accepted as Bopyrina ocellata (Czerniavsky, 1868) (synonym)
- Species Bopyrus xiphias Giard & Bonnier, 1890 accepted as Bopyrus squillarum Latreille, 1804 accepted as Bopyrus crangorum (Fabricius, 1798) (synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. Tome second. Paris: Chez Deterville. 1–296, pls. 9–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320 [details] 
Boyko, C.B.; 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 Bosc, 1801. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1650761 on 2026-02-16
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Nomenclature
original description
Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées, d'Après Nature. Tome second. Paris: Chez Deterville. 1–296, pls. 9–18., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27817320 [details] 
original description (of Bopyrus Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Bopyrus Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <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:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
original description (of Hexona Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
original description (of Bopyrus Bosc, 1801) Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Bopyrus Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802-1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. <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:// http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
original description (of Hexona Risso, 1826) Risso, A. (1826-1827). Histoire naturelle des principales productions de l'Europe Méridionale et particulièrement de celles des environs de Nice et des Alpes Maritimes. <em>[book series].</em> 400 pp., 13 pls. [volumes 1-5. Paris, F.G. Levrault. vol. 3. Mammifères. Oiseaux. Poissons / vol. 4. Mollusques. Annélides / vol. 5. Crustacés. Myriapodes, scorpionides, arachnides et acarides. Insectes. Vers intestinaux. Radiaires. Zoophytes]., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/58984 [details]
Present
Inaccurate
Introduced: alien
Containing type locality