WoRMS taxon details
Orophryxus shiinoi Bruce, 1972
261678 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:261678)
accepted
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
Bruce, A. J. (1972). Orophryxus shiinoi gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual phryxid (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitic upon a pontoniid shrimp from Zanzibar. <em>Parasitology.</em> 64: 445-450. [details] Available for editors 
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Note Zanzibar
From editor or global species database
type locality Zanzibar [details]
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Orophryxus shiinoi Bruce, 1972. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=261678 on 2025-03-25
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Nomenclature
original description
Bruce, A. J. (1972). Orophryxus shiinoi gen. nov., sp. nov., an unusual phryxid (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitic upon a pontoniid shrimp from Zanzibar. <em>Parasitology.</em> 64: 445-450. [details] Available for editors [request]
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]
[request]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]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
