WoRMS taxon details
Probopyrus bithynis Richardson, 1904
257889 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:257889)
accepted
Species
- Variety Probopyrus bithynis var. gigas Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929 accepted as Probopyrus pandalicola (Packard, 1879) (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
recent only
Richardson, H. (1904) Contributions to the Natural History of the Isopoda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 1-89. [details] 
Note Louisiana, USA
From editor or global species database
type locality Louisiana, USA [details]
Taxonomic remark Although Markham (1985) considered P. bithynis a synonym of P. pandalicola because he could find no morphological grounds...
Taxonomic remark Although Markham (1985) considered P. bithynis a synonym of P. pandalicola because he could find no morphological grounds to distinguish the adults, Dale & Anderson (1982) clearly showed characters of the cryptoniscus larvae that separated the two species. [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. Probopyrus bithynis Richardson, 1904. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=257889 on 2025-02-03
Date
action
by
The webpage text is licensed under a Creative Commons
Attribution 4.0 License
original description
Richardson, H. (1904) Contributions to the Natural History of the Isopoda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum 27: 1-89. [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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [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]
additional source Schotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From editor or global species database
Taxonomic remark Although Markham (1985) considered P. bithynis a synonym of P. pandalicola because he could find no morphological grounds to distinguish the adults, Dale & Anderson (1982) clearly showed characters of the cryptoniscus larvae that separated the two species. [details]type locality Louisiana, USA [details]
Website and databases developed and hosted by Flanders Marine Institute · Page generated on 2025-02-05 03:08:55+01:00 · Contact: Data Management Team