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Family: Bopyridae (See list of species below)

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189 species with fin ray counts including ? spines in dorsal and ? in anal fins (see list below)

No picture found Albunione indecora []	No picture found Albunione yoda []	No picture found Allathelges pakistanensis []
No picture found Allodiplophryxus floridanus []	No picture found Allodiplophryxus unilateralis []	No picture found Allokepon sinensis []
No picture found Anathelges hyphalus []	No picture found Anathelges hyptius []	No picture found Anathelges resupinatus []
No picture found Anathelges thompsoni []	No picture found Anchiarthrus derelictus []	No picture found Anuropodione megacephalon []
No picture found Apocepon digitatum []	No picture found Apocepon leucosiae []	No picture found Apophrixus constrictus []
No picture found Aporobopyrina anomala []	No picture found Aporobopyrus enosteoidis []	No picture found Aporobopyrus megacephalon []
No picture found Aporobopyrus retrorsa []	No picture found Argeiopsis kensleyi []	No picture found Asymmetrione ambodistorta []
No picture found Asymmetrione asymmetrica []	No picture found Asymmetrione clibanarii []	No picture found Asymmetrione dardani []
No picture found Asymmetrione desultor []	No picture found Asymmetrione foresti []	No picture found Asymmetrione harmoniae []
No picture found Asymmetrione sallyae []	No picture found Asymmetrione shiinoi []	No picture found Asymmetrorbione drepanopleon []
No picture found Athelges aegypticus []	No picture found Athelges lacertosi []	No picture found Athelges paguri []
No picture found Athelges pelagosae []	No picture found Athelges takanoshimensis []	No picture found Athelges tenuicaudis []
No picture found Azygopleon schmitti []	No picture found Bathione magnafolia []	No picture found Bopyrella tanytelson []
No picture found Bopyrina abbreviata []	No picture found Bopyrina ocellata []	No picture found Bopyrinella albida []
No picture found Bopyrinella thorii []	No picture found Bopyrione longicapitata []	No picture found Bopyrione synalphei []
No picture found Bopyrione toloensis []	No picture found Bopyrissa diogeni []	No picture found Bopyrissa fraissei []
No picture found Bopyrissa kensleyi []	No picture found Bopyrissa liberorum []	No picture found Bopyrissa magellanica []
No picture found Bopyrissa marami []	No picture found Bopyrissa pyriforma []	No picture found Bopyrissa wolffi []
No picture found Bopyrissa xiphidiostega []	No picture found Bopyroides hippolytes [Shrimp parasitic isopod]	No picture found Bopyrus squillarum []
No picture found Cancricepon beibusinus []	No picture found Cancricepon castroi []	No picture found Cancricepon choprae []
No picture found Dactylokepon catoptri []	No picture found Dicropleon morator []	No picture found Discorsobopyrus stebbingi []
No picture found Entophilus mirabiledictu []	No picture found Entophilus omnitectus []	No picture found Eophrixus brevicauda []
No picture found Eophrixus shojii []	No picture found Eophrixus subcaudalis []	No picture found Epipenaeon ingens []
No picture found Eremitione calcinii []	No picture found Eremitione clibanaricola []	No picture found Falsanathelges muelleri []
No picture found Filophryxus dorsalis []	No picture found Galathocrypta acaudata []	No picture found Gigantione elconaxii []
No picture found Gigantione mortenseni []	No picture found Gigantione uberlackerae []	No picture found Gyge branchialis []
No picture found Hemiarthrus abdominalis []	No picture found Hemiarthrus alphei []	No picture found Hemiarthrus surculus []
No picture found Hyperphrixus castrensis []	No picture found Hypocepon globosus []	No picture found Hypophryxus filiformis []
No picture found Ione thoracica []	No picture found Ionella agassizi []	No picture found Kolourione premordica []
No picture found Leidya bimini []	No picture found Leidya infelix []	No picture found Litobopyrus longicaudatus []
No picture found Loki athanus []	No picture found Loki circumsaltanus []	No picture found Megacepon choprai []
No picture found Megacepon goetici []	No picture found Metacepon pleopodata []	No picture found Metaphrixus setouchiensis []
No picture found Minicopenaeon crosnieri []	No picture found Minimathelges minutus []	No picture found Minimathelges nanus []
No picture found Munidion longipedis []	No picture found Onkokepon articulatus []	No picture found Orbione halipori []
No picture found Orbione penei []	No picture found Orthione griffenis [Griffen's isopod]	No picture found Ovobopyrus alphezemiotes []
No picture found Ovoionella obovata []	No picture found Pagurion tuberculata []	No picture found Parabopyrella indica []
No picture found Parabopyrella perplexa []	No picture found Parabopyrella richardsonae []	No picture found Parabopyrella thomsoni []
No picture found Parabopyriscus stellatus []	No picture found Parapagurion calcinicola []	No picture found Parapagurion imbricata []
No picture found Parapenaeon brevicoxalis []	No picture found Parapenaeon expansa []	No picture found Parapenaeon japonicum []
No picture found Parapenaeon tertium []	No picture found Paraphrixus filiformis []	No picture found Parathelges aniculi []
No picture found Parathelges cardonae []	No picture found Parathelges carolii []	No picture found Parathelges occidentalis []
No picture found Parathelges piriformis []	No picture found Parathelges racovitzai []	No picture found Parathelges tumidipes []
No picture found Parathelges weberi []	No picture found Parathelges whiteleggei []	No picture found Parione pachychelii []
No picture found Parioninella astridae []	No picture found Pleurocrypta microbranchiata []	No picture found Probopyria alphei []
No picture found Probopyria elliptica []	No picture found Probopyrinella heardi []	No picture found Probopyrinella latreuticola []
No picture found Probopyriscus novempalensis []	No picture found Probopyrus bithynis []	No picture found Probopyrus floridensis []
No picture found Probopyrus pandalicola []	No picture found Progebiophilus bruscai []	No picture found Progebiophilus euxinicus []
No picture found Progebiophilus insperatus []	No picture found Progebiophilus sinicus []	No picture found Progebiophilus upogebiae []
No picture found Propseudione rhombicosoma []	No picture found Pseudione ampla []	No picture found Pseudione biacuta []
No picture found Pseudione borealis []	No picture found Pseudione brandaoi []	No picture found Pseudione calcinii []
No picture found Pseudione callianassae []	No picture found Pseudione clevai []	No picture found Pseudione cognata []
No picture found Pseudione galacanthae [Squat lobster parasitic isopod]	No picture found Pseudione giardi []	No picture found Pseudione hyndmanni []
No picture found Pseudione intermedia []	No picture found Pseudione ivanklini []	No picture found Pseudione longicauda []
No picture found Pseudione novaeguineensis []	No picture found Pseudione overstreeti []	No picture found Pseudione parviramus []
No picture found Pseudione quasimodo []	No picture found Pseudione serejoae []	No picture found Pseudione stylopoda []
No picture found Pseudione tattersalli []	No picture found Pseudione tuberculata []	No picture found Pseudionella akuaku []
No picture found Pseudionella markhami []	No picture found Pseudostegias atlantica []	No picture found Pseudostegias dulcilacuum []
No picture found Pseudostegias hapalogasteri []	No picture found Pseudostegias macdermotti []	No picture found Pseudostegias mossambica []
No picture found Pseudostegias otagoensis []	No picture found Pseudostegias setoensis []	No picture found Rhopalione sinensis []
No picture found Schizobopyrina andamanica []	No picture found Schizobopyrina urocaridis []	No picture found Stegias clibanarii []
No picture found Strigopagurus boreonotus []	No picture found Strigopagurus poupini []	No picture found Strigopagurus strigimanus []
No picture found Synsynella choprae []	No picture found Synsynella deformans []	No picture found Synsynella integra []
No picture found Tylokepon marianensis []	No picture found Tylokepon naxiae []	No picture found Urobopyrus processae []

189 Species of Family Bopyridae
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Scientific Name	English Name	Distribution	Max. Length (cm)
Albunione indecora		Western Central Atlantic
Albunione yoda		Northwest Pacific
Allathelges pakistanensis		Western Indian Ocean
Allodiplophryxus floridanus		Western Central Atlantic.
Allodiplophryxus unilateralis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Allokepon sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Anathelges hyphalus		Eastern Central Pacific
Anathelges hyptius		Western Central Atlantic
Anathelges resupinatus		Southwest Atlantic
Anathelges thompsoni		Southeast Pacific
Anchiarthrus derelictus		Northwest Pacific
Anuropodione megacephalon		Western Central Atlantic.
Apocepon digitatum		Northern Pacific.
Apocepon leucosiae		Northwest Pacific
Apophrixus constrictus		Northwest Pacific
Aporobopyrina anomala		Western Central Atlantic.
Aporobopyrus enosteoidis		Northwest Pacific
Aporobopyrus megacephalon		Western Pacific
Aporobopyrus retrorsa		Western Pacific
Argeiopsis kensleyi		Western Indian Ocean.
Asymmetrione ambodistorta		Eastern Central Pacific
Asymmetrione asymmetrica		Western Pacific	0.55 CL
Asymmetrione clibanarii		Western Central Atlantic
Asymmetrione dardani		Eastern Central Atlantic
Asymmetrione desultor		Western Atlantic
Asymmetrione foresti		Mediterranean Sea.
Asymmetrione harmoniae		Western Central Pacific
Asymmetrione sallyae		Western Central Pacific
Asymmetrione shiinoi		Western Indian Ocean
Asymmetrorbione drepanopleon		Western Central Pacific
Athelges aegypticus		Western Indian Ocean
Athelges lacertosi		Southwest Pacific
Athelges paguri		Northeast Atlantic
Athelges pelagosae		Mediterranean Sea
Athelges takanoshimensis		Northwest Pacific
Athelges tenuicaudis		Northeast Atlantic and th
Azygopleon schmitti		Western Central Atlantic.
Bathione magnafolia		Eastern Central Pacific
Bopyrella tanytelson		Western Pacific
Bopyrina abbreviata		Western Atlantic.
Bopyrina ocellata		Northwest Pacific.
Bopyrinella albida		Western Pacific
Bopyrinella thorii		Western Central Atlantic.
Bopyrione longicapitata		Northwest Pacific
Bopyrione synalphei		Western Central Atlantic.
Bopyrione toloensis		Northwest Pacific
Bopyrissa diogeni		Northeast Atlantic and Bl
Bopyrissa fraissei		Northeast Atlantic
Bopyrissa kensleyi		Western Central Pacific	0.15 BL
Bopyrissa liberorum		Eastern Indian Ocean
Bopyrissa magellanica		Eastern Central Pacific	0.29 BL
Bopyrissa marami		Western Central Pacific
Bopyrissa pyriforma		Northwest Pacific
Bopyrissa wolffi		Western Central Atlantic
Bopyrissa xiphidiostega		Western Central Pacific
Bopyroides hippolytes	Shrimp parasitic isopod	Arctic, Pacific and Atlan
Bopyrus squillarum		Northeast Atlantic
Cancricepon beibusinus		Northwest Pacific
Cancricepon castroi		Indo-West Pacific
Cancricepon choprae		Western Atlantic.
Dactylokepon catoptri		Western Indian Ocean
Dicropleon morator		Northwest Pacific
Discorsobopyrus stebbingi		Western Pacific
Entophilus mirabiledictu		Western Indian Ocean.
Entophilus omnitectus		Circumtropical.
Eophrixus brevicauda		Indo-West Pacific
Eophrixus shojii		Northwest and Southwest P
Eophrixus subcaudalis		Western Central Atlantic.
Epipenaeon ingens		Indo-West Pacific and the
Eremitione calcinii		Northwest Pacific
Eremitione clibanaricola		Western Pacific	0.53 BL
Falsanathelges muelleri		Western Central Pacific
Filophryxus dorsalis		Western Central Pacific
Galathocrypta acaudata		Mexico (Gulf of Mexico).
Gigantione elconaxii		Western Central Pacific
Gigantione mortenseni		Western Central Atlantic.
Gigantione uberlackerae		Western Central Atlantic
Gyge branchialis		Northeast Atlantic
Hemiarthrus abdominalis		Arctic and Northeast Atla
Hemiarthrus alphei		Eastern Central Pacific.
Hemiarthrus surculus		Western Central Atlantic
Hyperphrixus castrensis		Western Central Atlantic
Hypocepon globosus		Northwest Pacific
Hypophryxus filiformis		Indo-West Pacific.
Ione thoracica		Northeast Atlantic
Ionella agassizi		Southeast Pacific	1 TL
Kolourione premordica		Western Central Atlantic.
Leidya bimini		Western Atlantic.
Leidya infelix		Eastern Central Pacific
Litobopyrus longicaudatus		Northwest Pacific
Loki athanus		Western Indian Ocean
Loki circumsaltanus		Western Central Atlantic.
Megacepon choprai		Indo-West Pacific
Megacepon goetici		Northwest Pacific
Metacepon pleopodata		Western Pacific
Metaphrixus setouchiensis		Northwest Pacific.
Minicopenaeon crosnieri		Indo-West Pacific
Minimathelges minutus		Northwest Pacific
Minimathelges nanus		Western Central Pacific
Munidion longipedis		Western Central Atlantic.
Onkokepon articulatus		Western Pacific
Orbione halipori		Indo-West Pacific
Orbione penei		Northwest Pacific
Orthione griffenis	Griffen's isopod	Pacific Ocean
Ovobopyrus alphezemiotes		Western Central Atlantic.
Ovoionella obovata		Northwest Pacific
Pagurion tuberculata		Western Pacific	1.4 BL
Parabopyrella indica		Indo-West Pacific.
Parabopyrella perplexa		Northwest Pacific
Parabopyrella richardsonae		Western Central Atlantic.
Parabopyrella thomsoni		Eastern Indian Ocean
Parabopyriscus stellatus		Western Central Atlantic
Parapagurion calcinicola		Indo-West Pacific
Parapagurion imbricata		Western Central Atlantic
Parapenaeon brevicoxalis		Western Central Pacific
Parapenaeon expansa		Western Central Pacific
Parapenaeon japonicum		Northwest Pacific and Wes
Parapenaeon tertium		Western Pacific
Paraphrixus filiformis		Eastern Indian Ocean
Parathelges aniculi		Western Central Pacific
Parathelges cardonae		Mediterranean Sea
Parathelges carolii		Mediterranean Sea
Parathelges occidentalis		Western Central Atlantic.
Parathelges piriformis		Western Central Atlantic
Parathelges racovitzai		Mediterranean Sea and Bla
Parathelges tumidipes		Western Central Atlantic
Parathelges weberi		Western Central Pacific
Parathelges whiteleggei		Western Central Pacific
Parione pachychelii		Northwest Pacific
Parioninella astridae		Western Pacific
Pleurocrypta microbranchiata		Northeast Atlantic
Probopyria alphei		Western Central Atlantic.
Probopyria elliptica		Northwest Pacific
Probopyrinella heardi		Western Atlantic.
Probopyrinella latreuticola		Western Central Atlantic.
Probopyriscus novempalensis		Northwest Pacific
Probopyrus bithynis		Western Atlantic.
Probopyrus floridensis		Western Atlantic.
Probopyrus pandalicola		Western Atlantic.
Progebiophilus bruscai		Eastern Central Pacific
Progebiophilus euxinicus		Mediterranean Sea.
Progebiophilus insperatus		Southwest Atlantic
Progebiophilus sinicus		Northwest Pacific
Progebiophilus upogebiae		Western Central Pacific
Propseudione rhombicosoma		Western Pacific
Pseudione ampla		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudione biacuta		Southwest Atlantic
Pseudione borealis		Northeast Atlantic
Pseudione brandaoi		Eastern Central Atlantic
Pseudione calcinii		Northwest Pacific
Pseudione callianassae		Northeast Atlantic
Pseudione clevai		Western Central Pacific
Pseudione cognata		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudione galacanthae	Squat lobster parasitic isopod	Eastern Pacific
Pseudione giardi		Northeast Pacific and Nor
Pseudione hyndmanni		Southwest Pacific and Nor
Pseudione intermedia		Northwest Pacific
Pseudione ivanklini		Southwest Atlantic
Pseudione longicauda		Northwest Pacific
Pseudione novaeguineensis		Western Central Pacific
Pseudione overstreeti		Western Central Atlantic.
Pseudione parviramus		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudione quasimodo		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudione serejoae		Southwest Atlantic
Pseudione stylopoda		Western Central Pacific
Pseudione tattersalli		Western Pacific
Pseudione tuberculata		Southern Atlantic
Pseudionella akuaku		Southeast Pacific
Pseudionella markhami		Western Central Atlantic
Pseudostegias atlantica		Southwest Atlantic
Pseudostegias dulcilacuum		Eastern Indian Ocean and
Pseudostegias hapalogasteri		Western Pacific
Pseudostegias macdermotti		Indo-West Pacific
Pseudostegias mossambica		Western Indian Ocean
Pseudostegias otagoensis		Southwest Pacific
Pseudostegias setoensis		Indo-West Pacific.
Rhopalione sinensis		Northwest Pacific
Schizobopyrina andamanica		Western Central Pacific
Schizobopyrina urocaridis		Western Central Atlantic.
Stegias clibanarii		Western Central Atlantic
Strigopagurus boreonotus		Western Pacific.
Strigopagurus poupini		Eastern Central Pacific
Strigopagurus strigimanus		Eastern Indian Ocean
Synsynella choprae		Western Central Atlantic.
Synsynella deformans		Western Central Atlantic.
Synsynella integra		Western Central Atlantic.
Tylokepon marianensis		Western Central Pacific
Tylokepon naxiae		Northwest Pacific
Urobopyrus processae		Western Atlantic.

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