WoRMS taxon details
Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903
174833 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:174833)
accepted
Genus
Zonophryxus retrodens Richardson, 1903 (type by original designation)
Colypurus Richardson, 1905 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Species Zonophryxus agassizi (Richardson, 1905)
- Species Zonophryxus dodecapus Holthuis, 1949
- Species Zonophryxus grimaldii Koehler, 1911
- Species Zonophryxus probisowa Boyko & Williams, 2021
- Species Zonophryxus quinquedens Barnard, 1914
- Species Zonophryxus retrodens Richardson, 1903
- Species Zonophryxus trilobus Richardson, 1910
- Species Zonophryxus similis Searle, 1914 accepted as Zonophryxus agassizi (Richardson, 1905)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Richardson, H. (1903). Isopods collected at the Hawaiian Islands by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 23(3): 819-826., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691463 [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. Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=174833 on 2026-06-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Richardson, H. (1903). Isopods collected at the Hawaiian Islands by the U. S. Fish Commission Steamer Albatross. <em>Bulletin of the United States Fish Commission.</em> 23(3): 819-826., available online at https://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/51691463 [details]
original description (of Colypurus Richardson, 1905) Richardson, H. (1905). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. II. Description of a new genus of isopods, typical of a new family. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 46(6): 105-107, 1 pl. [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]
original description (of Colypurus Richardson, 1905) Richardson, H. (1905). Reports on the scientific results of the expedition to the eastern tropical Pacific, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross" from October, 1904, to March, 1905, Lieut. Commander L. M. Garrett, U. S. N., commanding. II. Description of a new genus of isopods, typical of a new family. <em>Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College.</em> 46(6): 105-107, 1 pl. [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]
Taxonomy
source of synonymy
Boyko, C. B. & J. D. Williams. (2021). A review of the genus <i>Zonophryxus</i> Richardson, 1903 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Dajidae) with recognition of <i>Colypurus agassizi</i> Richardson, 1905 (Crustacea: Isopoda: Colypuridae) as a synonym of <i>Zonophryxus similis</i> Searle, 1914 and the requisite sinking of Colypuridae. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 134: 243–264., available online at https://doi.org/10.2988/0006-324x-134.1.243 [details] Available for editors 
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Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
