Species Identification: Find Species

Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)	Year
Acrobelione anisopoda				1981
Acrobelione langi				1920
Acrobelione reverberii				1970
Albunione australiana		Australia.		1999
Albunione indecora		Western Central Atlantic		1988
Albunione yoda		Northwest Pacific		2003
Allathelges pakistanensis		Western Indian Ocean		1999
Allobopyrus rumphiusi		Western Indian Ocean		1983
Allodiplophryxus floridanus		Western Central Atlantic.		1985
Allodiplophryxus unilateralis		Eastern Indian Ocean		2020
Allokepon hendersoni		Eastern Indian Ocean		1888
Allokepon monodi		Eastern Indian Ocean		1967
Allokepon sinensis		Northwest Pacific		1972
Allokepon tiariniae		Northwest Pacific		1937
Allorbimorphus haigae		Northwest Pacific		1976
Allorbimorphus lamellosus		Northwest Pacific		1923
Allorbimorphus scabricoli		Northwest Pacific		1976
Anacepon sibogae		Northwest Pacific		1931
Anathelges hyphalus		Eastern Central Pacific		1974
Anathelges hyptius		Western Central Atlantic		1902
Anathelges resupinatus		Southwest Atlantic		1871
Anathelges thompsoni		Southeast Pacific		1931
Anchiarthrus derelictus		Northwest Pacific		1992
Anisarthrus pelseneeri		Northwest Pacific		1907
Anisorbione curva		Northwest Pacific		1981
Anomophryxus deformatus		Northwest Pacific		1937
Anuropodione australiensis		Northwest Pacific		1976
Anuropodione carolinensis		Northwest Pacific		1973
Anuropodione dubius		Northwest Pacific		1929
Anuropodione megacephalon		Western Central Atlantic.		1973
Anuropodione senegalensis		Western Central Atlantic.		1967
Apocepon digitatum		Northern Pacific.		1960
Apocepon leucosiae		Northwest Pacific		2006
Apocepon pulcher		Northern Pacific.		1930
Apophrixus constrictus		Northwest Pacific		1982
Apophrixus philippinensis		Northwest Pacific		1931
Aporobopyrina amboinae		Northwest Pacific		1983
Aporobopyrina anomala		Western Central Atlantic.		1973
Aporobopyrina javaensis		Western Central Atlantic.		1972
Aporobopyrina lamellata		Western Central Atlantic.		1934
Aporobopyroides upogebiae		Western Central Atlantic.		1906
Aporobopyrosa pacifica		Western Central Atlantic.		1942
Aporobopyrus aduliticus		Western Central Atlantic.		1906
Aporobopyrus bonairensis		Western Central Atlantic.		1988
Aporobopyrus calypso		Western Central Atlantic.		1976
Aporobopyrus collardi		Western Central Atlantic.		1988
Aporobopyrus curtatus		Western Central Atlantic.		1904
Aporobopyrus dollfusi		Western Central Atlantic.		1980
Aporobopyrus enosteoidis		Northwest Pacific		1982
Aporobopyrus gracilis		Northwest Pacific		1929
Aporobopyrus lenticeps		Northwest Pacific		1958
Aporobopyrus megacephalon		Western Pacific		1929
Aporobopyrus muguensis		Western Pacific		1964
Aporobopyrus oviformis		Western Pacific		1934
Aporobopyrus parvulus		Western Pacific		1983
Aporobopyrus parvus		Western Pacific		1939
Aporobopyrus petrolistheae		Western Pacific		1933
Aporobopyrus pleopodatus		Western Pacific		1983
Aporobopyrus retrorsa		Western Pacific		1910
Aporobopyrus ryukyuensis		Western Pacific		1939
Aporobopyrus trilobata		Western Pacific		1925
Argeia atlantica		Western Pacific		1977
Argeia lowisi		Western Pacific		1923
Argeia nierstraszi		Western Pacific		1958
Argeia pugettensis		Western Pacific		1853
Argeiopsis inhacae		Western Pacific		1974
Argeiopsis kensleyi		Western Indian Ocean.		2005
Astalione cruciaria		Western Indian Ocean.		1975
Asymmetrione ambodistorta		Eastern Central Pacific		1985
Asymmetrione asymmetrica		Western Pacific	0.6 CL	1933
Asymmetrione clibanarii		Western Central Atlantic		1975
Asymmetrione Codreanu,		Western Indian Ocean		1965
Asymmetrione dardani		Eastern Central Atlantic		1968
Asymmetrione desultor		Western Atlantic		1975
Asymmetrione foresti		Mediterranean Sea.		1968
Asymmetrione harmoniae		Western Central Pacific		2019
Asymmetrione nossibensis		Western Central Pacific		1976
Asymmetrione sallyae		Western Central Pacific		2005
Asymmetrione shiinoi		Western Indian Ocean		1965
Asymmetrorbione drepanopleon		Western Central Pacific		2003
Athelges aegypticus		Western Indian Ocean		1965
Athelges bilobus		Western Indian Ocean		1898
Athelges caudalis		Western Indian Ocean		1955
Athelges cladophorus		Western Indian Ocean		1862
Athelges guitarra		Western Indian Ocean		1890
Athelges intermedia		Western Indian Ocean		1876
Athelges lacertosi		Southwest Pacific		1961
Athelges paguri		Northeast Atlantic		1843
Athelges pelagosae		Mediterranean Sea		1912
Athelges prideauxii		Mediterranean Sea		1890
Athelges takanoshimensis		Northwest Pacific		1914
Athelges tenuicaudis		Northeast Atlantic and th		1899
Atypocepon intermedium		Northeast Atlantic and th		1931
Azygopleon schmitti		Western Central Atlantic.		1932
Balanopleon tortuganus		Western Central Atlantic.		1974
Bathione magnafolia		Eastern Central Pacific		2007
Bathygyge grandis		Eastern Central Pacific		1897
Bopyrella calmani		Eastern Central Pacific		1905
Bopyrella deformans		Eastern Central Pacific		1917
Bopyrella harmopleon		Eastern Central Pacific		1956
Bopyrella inoi		Eastern Central Pacific		1949
Bopyrella malensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1980
Bopyrella moluccensis		Eastern Central Pacific		1983
Bopyrella tanytelson		Western Pacific		1985
Bopyrella thomsoni		Western Pacific		1900
Bopyrina abbreviata		Western Atlantic.		1904
Bopyrina choprae		Western Atlantic.		1929
Bopyrina crangona		Western Atlantic.		1953
Bopyrina gigas		Western Atlantic.		1923
Bopyrina ocellata		Northwest Pacific.		1868
Bopyrina sewelli		Northwest Pacific.		1930
Bopyrina striata		Northwest Pacific.		1929
Bopyrina urocaridis		Northwest Pacific.		1904
Bopyrinella albida		Western Pacific		1958
Bopyrinella hadrocoxalis		Western Pacific		2020
Bopyrinella nipponica		Western Pacific		1936
Bopyrinella stricticauda		Western Pacific		1933
Bopyrinella stricticauda?		Western Indian Ocean		1933
Bopyrinella thorii		Western Central Atlantic.		1904
Bopyrinina dorsimaculata		Western Central Atlantic.		1933
Bopyrinina paucimaculata		Western Central Pacific.		1990
Bopyrione longicapitata		Northwest Pacific		1982
Bopyrione synalphei		Western Central Atlantic.		1980
Bopyrione toloensis		Northwest Pacific		1982
Bopyrione woodmasoni		Northwest Pacific		1923
Bopyriscus calmani		Northwest Pacific		1905
Bopyrissa dawydoffi		Western Pacific Ocean		1963
Bopyrissa diogeni		Northeast Atlantic and Bl		1927
Bopyrissa fraissei		Northeast Atlantic		1943
Bopyrissa kensleyi		Western Central Pacific	0.2 BL	2005
Bopyrissa liberorum		Eastern Indian Ocean		1985
Bopyrissa magellanica		Eastern Central Pacific	0.3 BL	1931
Bopyrissa marami		Western Central Pacific		2019
Bopyrissa pyriforma		Northwest Pacific		1958
Bopyrissa wolffi		Western Central Atlantic		1978
Bopyrissa xiphidiostega		Western Central Pacific		2019
Bopyro choprae		Western Central Pacific		1932
Bopyroides cluthae		Western Central Pacific		1902
Bopyroides hippolytes	Shrimp parasitic isopod	Arctic, Pacific and Atlan		1838
Bopyroides shiinoi		Arctic, Pacific and Atlan		1991
Bopyrophryxus branchiabdominalis		Indo-Pacific.		1965
Bopyrosa phryxiformis		Indo-Pacific.		1923
Bopyrus bimaculatus		Indo-Pacific.		1923
Bopyrus squillarum		Northeast Atlantic		1802
Cancricepon anagibbosus		Northeast Atlantic		1971
Cancricepon beibusinus		Northwest Pacific		2019
Cancricepon castroi		Indo-West Pacific		2019
Cancricepon choprae		Western Atlantic.		1925
Cancricepon elegans		Western Atlantic.		1886
Cancricepon garthi		Western Atlantic.		1970
Cancricepon pilula		Western Atlantic.		1886
Cancricepon xanthi		Western Atlantic.		1910
Carcinione platypleura		Western Atlantic.		1983
Cardiocepon pteroides		Western Atlantic.		1906
Castrione digiticaudata		Western Atlantic.		1995
Castrione longicaudata		Western Atlantic.		1980
Cataphryxus primus		Western Atlantic.		1934
Coxalione inaequalis		Western Atlantic.		1977
Cryptione elongata		Western Atlantic.		1897
Cryptione laevis		Western Atlantic.		1910
Cryptobopyrus elongatus		Western Atlantic.		1977
Dactylokepon caribaeus		Western Atlantic.		1975
Dactylokepon catoptri		Western Indian Ocean		1910
Dactylokepon holthuisi		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Dactylokepon hunterae		Western Indian Ocean		1966
Dactylokepon marchadi		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Dactylokepon palaoensis		Western Indian Ocean		1942
Dactylokepon richardsonae		Western Indian Ocean		1910
Dactylokepon semipennatus		Western Indian Ocean		1983
Dactylokepon seychellensis		Western Indian Ocean		1972
Dactylokepon sulcipes		Western Indian Ocean		1982
Dicropleon bifidus		Western Indian Ocean		1967
Dicropleon morator		Northwest Pacific		1982
Dicropleon periclimenis		Northwest Pacific		1972
Dicropleon processae		Northwest Pacific		1980
Diplophryxus alphei		Northwest Pacific		1934
Diplophryxus alveolatus		Northwest Pacific		1981
Diplophryxus gracilis		Northwest Pacific		1989
Diplophryxus jordani		Northwest Pacific		1904
Diplophryxus kempi		Northwest Pacific		1930
Diplophryxus richardsoni		Northwest Pacific		1930
Diplophryxus siankaanensis		Northwest Pacific		1988
Discorsobopyrus stebbingi		Western Pacific		1923
Entophilus mirabiledictu		Western Indian Ocean.		2005
Entophilus omnitectus		Circumtropical.		1903
Eophrixus adriaticus		Circumtropical.		1931
Eophrixus brevicauda		Indo-West Pacific		1923
Eophrixus enchophilus		Indo-West Pacific		1930
Eophrixus kuboi		Indo-West Pacific		1939
Eophrixus laevimanus		Indo-West Pacific		1930
Eophrixus lysmatae		Indo-West Pacific		1930
Eophrixus nigrocinctus		Indo-West Pacific		1923
Eophrixus shojii		Northwest and Southwest P		1941
Eophrixus subcaudalis		Western Central Atlantic.		1917
Eophrixus yusakiensis		Western Central Atlantic.		1934
Epicepon belema		Western Central Atlantic.		2021
Epicepon indicum		Western Central Atlantic.		1931
Epicepon japonicum		Western Central Atlantic.		1931
Epipenaeon elegans		Western Central Atlantic.		1923
Epipenaeon fissurae		Natal, South Africa.		1974
Epipenaeon georgei		Natal, South Africa.		1987
Epipenaeon ingens		Indo-West Pacific and the		1906
Epipenaeon ovalis		Indo-West Pacific and the		1954
Epipenaeon oviforme		Indo-West Pacific and the		1931
Epipenaeon pestai		Indo-West Pacific and the		1932
Epipenaeon qadrii		Indo-West Pacific and the		1959
Epiphrixus adriaticus		Indo-West Pacific and the		1932
Eragia profunda		Western Central Pacific.		1994
Eremitione calcinii		Northwest Pacific		1958
Eremitione clibanaricola		Western Pacific	0.5 BL	1933
Ergyne cervicornis		Western Pacific		1816
Ergyne savignyi		Western Pacific		1910
Eriphrixus obesus		Western Central Pacific.		1990
Falsanathelges muelleri		Western Central Pacific		1931
Filophryxus dorsalis		Western Central Pacific		1972
Galathocrypta acaudata		Mexico (Gulf of Mexico).		2002
Gareia arafurae		Mexico (Gulf of Mexico).		1983
Gigantione bouvieri		Mexico (Gulf of Mexico).		1900
Gigantione eiconaxii		Mexico (Gulf of Mexico).		1994
Gigantione elconaxii		Western Central Pacific		1994
Gigantione giardi		Western Central Pacific		1906
Gigantione hawaiiensis		Western Central Pacific		1967
Gigantione ishigakiensis		Western Central Pacific		1941
Gigantione moebii		Western Central Pacific		1881
Gigantione mortenseni		Western Central Atlantic.		1984
Gigantione pikei		Western Central Atlantic.		1985
Gigantione pratti		Western Central Atlantic.		1967
Gigantione rathbunae		Western Central Atlantic.		1910
Gigantione sagamiensis		Western Central Atlantic.		1958
Gigantione uberlackerae		Western Central Atlantic		1984
Grapsicepon belizeianum		Western Central Atlantic		1988
Grapsicepon edwardsi		Western Central Atlantic		1888
Grapsicepon magnum		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Grapsicepon messoris		Western Central Atlantic		1880
Grapsicepon micronesianum		Western Central Atlantic		1942
Grapsicepon rotundum		Western Central Atlantic		1936
Gyge angularis		Western Central Atlantic		1985
Gyge branchialis		Northeast Atlantic		1861
Gyge irregularis		Thailand.		1985
Gyge ovalis		Japan.		1939
Hemiarthrus abdominalis		Arctic and Northeast Atla		1841
Hemiarthrus alphei		Eastern Central Pacific.		2020
Hemiarthrus nematocarcinus		Eastern Central Pacific.		1914
Hemiarthrus surculus		Western Central Atlantic		2004
Hemiarthrus synalphei		Western Central Atlantic		1950
Hemicepon muelleri		Brazil.		1980
Hemiphryxus malindiae		Brazil.		1974
Heterocepon marginatum		Brazil.		1936
Hypercepon guamensis		Brazil.		1972
Hyperphrixus castrensis		Western Central Atlantic		1985

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Species Identification: Find Species

Family: Bopyridae (See list of species below)

Family: Bopyridae

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