Skip to main content Skip to main navigation menu Skip to site footer
Responsive image
Issue: Vol. 5799 No. 3: 29 Apr. 2026
Type: Article
Published: 2026-04-29
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.5799.3.3
Page range: 469-507
Abstract views: 106
PDF downloaded: 9

The parasitic bopyrid isopods of porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) of the Colección Nacional de Crustáceos of Mexico: with the description of Aporobopyrus adriani sp. nov. and Orbimorphus boykoi sp. nov. (Epicaridea: Bopyridae)

Colección Nacional de Crustáceos; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apartado Postal 70–153; Ciudad de México; 04510; México
Colección Nacional de Crustáceos; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apartado Postal 70–153; Ciudad de México; 04510; México
Colección Nacional de Crustáceos; Instituto de Biología; Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM). Apartado Postal 70–153; Ciudad de México; 04510; México
Ectoparasite Megalobrachium Pachycheles Petrolisthes Porcellana Crustacea

Abstract

The diversity and distribution of bopyrid isopods that parasitize porcelain crabs along both coasts of Mexico are updated based on an extensive examination of the material housed in the Colección Nacional de Crustáceos, Institute of Biology, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Three hundred and sixty-seven porcelain crabs were identified as bearing one or more bopyrid in one or both of their branchial chambers; 38 were collected in the Atlantic and 329 in the Pacific. Of these, five species belong to Aporobopyrus and one to Orbimorphus. In the Mexican Atlantic, Aporobopyrus collardi and A. curtatus are recorded for the first time; in addition, we describe A. adriani sp. nov., found parasitizing four porcelain crab species, which increases the number of species in Aporobopyrus to 22. New localities on the Pacific coast are provided for A. bourdonis, A. curtatus and A. trilobatus. Orbimorphus boykoi sp. nov. is described, representing only the second species belonging to the genus. For some host species we recorded parasitized ovigerous females, their fecundity and embryos’ size. Some initial biological data on the host-parasite relationships such as prevalence, host sex and branchial chamber parasitized are reported. This study underscores the importance of scientific collections as significant sources of new information for expanding our knowledge of biodiversity and host/parasite relationships.

References

  1. Adkison, D.L. (1988) Pseudione parviramus and Aporobopyrus collardi, two new species of the Bopyridae (Isopoda: Epicaridea) from the Gulf of Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 101 (3), 576–584. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/46424]
  2. Aguilar-Perera, A. (2022) Checklist of parasitic isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) infesting marine decapod and fishes off Mexico’s coasts. Thalassas: An International Journal of Marine Sciences, 38, 113–121. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41208-021-00336-x
  3. Amaral, A.C.Z., Migotto, A.E., Turra, A. & Schaeffer-Novelli, Y. (2010) Araçá: biodiversidade, impactos e ameaças. Biota Neotropica, 10 (1), 219–264. [http://www.biotaneotropica.org.br/v10n1/pt/abstract?inventory+bn01210012010] https://doi.org/10.1590/S1676-06032010000100022
  4. Behre, E.H. (1950) Annotated list of the fauna of the Grand Isle region, 1828–1946. Occasional Papers of the Marine Laboratory, Louisiana State University, 6, 1–66.
  5. Benedict, J.E. (1901) The anomuran collections made by the Fish Hawk Expedition to Porto Rico. Bulletin of the United States Fisheries Commission, 20, 129–148.
  6. Bezerra, L.E.A., Rocha, S.S.D., Vieira, A., Oliveira, G.D. & Almeida, A.O.D. (2019) Population biology of the green porcelain crab Petrolisthes armatus (Crustacea: Porcellanidae) in a tropical estuarine bay of northeastern Brazil. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 60 (4), 307–318. https://doi.org/10.21411/CBM.A.1CD2A9E4
  7. Bosc, L.A.G. (1801) Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d’Après Nature. Tome premier. Suite à Boffon, Paris and Deterville, Paris, 258 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.59168
  8. Bourdon, R. (1976) Les bopyres des porcellanes. Bulletin du Mueséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, 3e Série, No. 359 (Zoologie 252), 165–245. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.281394
  9. Boyko, C.B. & Williams, J.D. (2009) Crustacean parasites as phylogenetic indicators in decapod evolution. In: Martin, J.W., Crandall, K.A. & Felder, D.L. (Eds.), Decapod Crustacean Phylogenetics. Crustacean Issues. Vol. 18. 1st Edition. CRC Press, Boca Raton, Florida, pp. 197–220.
  10. Boyko, C.B., Williams, J.D. & Markham, J.C. (2012) Recent and fossil Isopoda Bopyridae parasitic on squat lobsters and porcelain crabs (Crustacea: Anomura: Chirostyloidea and Galatheoidea), with notes on nomenclature and biogeography. Zootaxa, 3150 (1), 1–35. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.3150.1.1
  11. Brasil-Lima, I.M. (1998) Malacostraca-Peracarida. Isopoda-Epicaridea. In: Young, P.S. (Ed.), Catalogue of Crustacea of Brazil. Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, pp. 635–644.
  12. Brito-Mata, G. del V., Boyko, C., Williams, J.D., Lira, C. & Figueredo, A. (2017) Sobre la presencia de Aporobopyrus bonairensis Markham 1988 (Isopoda: Bopyridae) en Pachycheles monilifer (Dana, 1852) (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) de playa Cipara, Península de Paria, Estado Sucre, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, 56 (1), 115–122. [http://saber.udo.edu.ve/index.php/boletiniov/article/view/2648/1570]
  13. Brockerhoff, A. & McLay, C. (2011) Human-mediated spread of alien crabs. In: Galil, B.S., Clark, P.F. & Carlton, J.T. (Eds.), In the Wrong Place-Alien Marine Crustaceans: Distribution, Biology and Impacts. Springer, Dordrecht, pp. 27–106. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-0591-3_2
  14. Campos, N.H. (2003) Los isópodos marinos (Crustacea: Peracarida) del Caribe colombiano. Biota Colombiana, 4 (1), 79–87. [https://www.redalyc.org/pdf/491/49140105.pdf]
  15. Campos, E. & Campos, A.R. (1989) Range extensions of decapod crustaceans from Bahía Tortugas and vicinity, Baja California Sur, Mexico. California Fish and Game, 75 (3), 174–177.
  16. Carvalho, A.S.S., Nevis, A.B., Oliveira, D.B. & Martinelli-Lemos, J.M. (2013) Larvas de Porcellanidae (Decapoda, Anomura) no plâncton de um estuário amazônico brasileiro. Brazilian Journal of Aquatic Science and Technology, 17 (2), 7–15. https://doi.org/10.14210/bjast.v17n2.p7-15
  17. Chace, F.A. Jr. (1962) The non-brachyuran decapod crustaceans of Clipperton Island. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 113, 605–635. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.113-3466.605
  18. Chapman, J.W., Dumbauld, B.R., Itani, G. & Markham, J.C. (2012) An introduced Asian parasite threatens northeastern Pacific estuarine ecosystems. Biological Invasions, 14, 1221–1236. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10530-011-0151-3
  19. Codreanu, R. (1967) Clasificarea evolutivǎ a bopirienilor, isopode parasite ale crustaceelor decapode și importanţa lor biologicǎ general. Studii şi Cercetări de Biologie, Seria Zoologie, 19 (3), 203–211.
  20. Coelho, P.A. & Koening, M.L. (1972) A distribuição dos crustáceos pertencentes às ordens Stomatopoda, Tanaidacea e Isopoda no Norte e Nordeste do Brasil. Trabalhos Oceanográficos, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, 13, 245–259. https://doi.org/10.5914/tropocean.v13i1.2557
  21. Corral, J.M., Henmi, Y., Shiozaki, Y. & Itani, G. (2019) Parasitic effects of the bopyrid Megacepon goetici (Crustacea: Isopoda) on the varunid crab Gaetice depressus. Diseases of Aquatic Organisms, 135 (1), 71–75. https://doi.org/10.3354/dao03380
  22. Dana, J.D. (1852) Crustacea, Part I. United States Exploring Expedition. During the Years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the Command of Charles Wilkes, U.S.N.C. Sherman, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 685 pp.
  23. de Azevedo-Ferreira, L.A. & de Melo, G.A.S. (2010) On an invalid record of Pachycheles chacei Haig, 1956, from the southwestern Atlantic (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Nauplius, 18 (2), 143–145. [https://crustacea.org.br/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/nauplius-v18n2a06.Ferreiramelo.pdf]
  24. de Folin, L. & Périer, L. (1869). Chapitre XXVII. La baie de Panama (supplément). In: de Folin, L. & Périer, L. (Eds.), Les Fonds de la Mer: Étude Internationale sur les Particularités Nouvelles des Régions Sous-Marines, Tôme Premier (Annélides, Crustacés, Foraminifères, Mollusques). Savy, Libraire-Éditeur, Paris, pp. 127–136.
  25. de Saussure, H. (1853) Description de quelques crustacés nouveaux de la côte occidentale du Mexique. Revue et Magasin de Zoologie Pure et Appliquée, Series 2, 5, 354–368.
  26. DecaNet (2025) Porcellanidae Haworth, 1825. Available from: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=106734 (accessed 2 July 2025).
  27. Duarte, L.F.L. & Morgado, E.H. (1983) Crustáceos parasitos de invertebrados associados à esponja Zygomycale parishii (Bowerbank) e so briozoário Schizoporella unicornis (Johnston, 1847). Iheringia, Série Zoologia, 62, 3–11.
  28. Eash-Loucks, W.E., Kimball, M.E. & Petrinec, K.M. (2014) Long-term changes in an estuarine mud crab community: evaluating the impact of non-native species. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 34 (6), 731–738. https://doi.org/10.1163/1937240X-00002287
  29. Espinosa-Pérez, M.C. & Hendrickx, M.E. (2001) Checklist of isopods (Crustacea: Peracarida: Isopoda) from the eastern tropical Pacific. Belgian Journal of Zoölogy, 131 (1), 43–55.
  30. Espinosa-Pérez, M.C. & Hendrickx, M.E. (2006) A comparative analysis of biodiversity and distribution of shallow-water marine isopods (Crustacea: Isopoda) from polar and temperate waters in the East Pacific. Belgian Journal of Zoölogy, 136 (2), 219–247.
  31. Faxon, W. (1893) Reports on the dredging operations off the west coast of Central America to the Galapagos, to the west coast of Mexico, and in the Gulf of California, in charge of Alexander Agassiz, carried on by the U.S. Fish Commission steamer “Albatross”, during 1891, Lieut. Commander Z.L. Tanner, U.S.N., commanding. VI. Preliminary descriptions of new species of Crustacea. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard College, 24 (7), 149–220.
  32. Galicia-Castillo, G.C. & Herrnández-Aguilera, J.L. (2005) Cangrejos porcelánidos. In: Hernández-Aguilera, J.L., Ruiz-Nuño, J.A., Toral-Almazán, R.E. & Arenas-Fuentes, V. (Eds.), Camarones, Langostas y Cangrejos de la Costa Este de México. Volumen I. Estudio y Conservación de la Naturaleza A.C. y Comisión Nacional para la Conservación y Uso de la Biodiversidad, Ciudad de México, pp. 237–262.
  33. García-Madrigal, M.S. & Andréu-Sánchez, L.I. (2009) Los cangrejos porcelánidos (Decapoda: Anomura) del Pacífico sur de México, incluyendo una lista y clave de identificación para todas las especies del Pacífico oriental tropical. Ciencia y Mar, 13 (39), 23–54.
  34. Gibbes, L.R. (1850) On the carcinological collections of the United States, and an enumeration of species contained in them, with notes on the most remarkable, and descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, 3, 165–201.
  35. Glassell, S.A. (1936) New porcellanids and pinnotherids from tropical North American waters. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 8, 277–304. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.part.14900
  36. Glassell, S.A. (1937) The Templeton Crocker Expedition. IV. Porcellanid crabs from the Gulf of California. Zoologica: Scientific Contributions of the New York Zoological Society, 22 (4), 79–88. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.203674
  37. Glassell, S.A. (1938) New and obscure decapod Crustacea from the West American coasts. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 8, 411–454.
  38. Glassell, S.A. (1945) Four new species of North American crabs of the genus Petrolisthes. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 35, 223–229.
  39. González, M.T. & Acuña, E. (2004) Infestation by Pseudione humboldtensis (Bopyridae) in the squat lobsters Cervimunida johni and Pleuroncodes monodon (Galatheidae) off northern Chile. Journal of Crustacean Biology, 24 (4), 618–624. https://doi.org/10.1651/C-2482
  40. Gore, R.H. (1970) Pachycheles cristobalensis, sp. nov., with notes on the porcellanid crabs of the southwestern Caribbean. Bulletin of Marine Science, 20 (4), 957–970.
  41. Gore, R.H. (1974) On a small collection of percellanid crabs from the Caribbean Sea (Crustacea, Decapoda, Anomura). Bulletin of Marine Science, 24, 700–721.
  42. Gray, J.E. (1831) Description of the species of Porcellana, in the collection of the British Museum. The Zoological Miscellany, 1, 14–16.
  43. Haig, J. (1957) Four new porcelain crabs from the Eastern Pacific. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 56, 31–41.
  44. Haig, J. (1960) The Porcellanidae (Crustacea Anomura) of the eastern Pacific. Allan Hancock Pacific Expeditions, 24, 1–440.
  45. Haig, J. (1966) Campagne de la Calypso au large des côtes atlantiques de l’Amérique du Sud (1961–62) 2. Porcellanid crabs (Crustacea—Anomura). Annales d’Institute Océanographique de Monaco, 44, 351–358.
  46. Haig, J. (1968) Eastern Pacific expeditions of the New York Zoological Society. Porcellanid crabs (Crustacea Anomura) from the west coast of tropical America. Zoologica, 53, 57–74. https://doi.org/10.5962/p.190362
  47. Hamasaki, K., Ishii, M. & Dan, S. (2020) Reproductive traits and population structure of the porcellanid crab Petrolisthes japonicus (Decapoda: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Crustacean Research, 49, 121–132. https://doi.org/10.18353/crustacea.49.0_121
  48. Hernáez, P., Martínez-Guerrero, B., Anker, A. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (2010) Fecundity and effects of bopyrid infestation on egg production in the Caribbean sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp Synalpheus yano (Decapoda: Alpheidae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 90 (4), 691–698. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315409991093
  49. Hesse, E. (1865) Recherches sur les Crustacés rares ou nouveaux des côtes de France. (complément du troisième article). Crustacés parasites vivant dans les Ascidies phallusiennes. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Série Zoologie et Biologie Animale, Paris, 5 (3), 221–242.
  50. Hiller, A., Lázarus, J.F. & Werding, B. (2004) New records and range extensions for porcellanid crabs in the eastern Pacific (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae). In: Hendrickx, M.E. (Ed.), Contributions to the Study of East Pacific Crustaceans. Vol. 3. Instituto de Ciencias del Mar y Limnología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, pp. 127–138.
  51. Hiller, A. & Werding, B. (2024) Description of a new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus complex from the Caribbean Sea, and resurrection of Petrolisthes occidentalis from the East Pacific (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae). ZooKeys, 1191, 391–407. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1191.111570
  52. Horch, A.P., Nogueira, C.S., Santos, R.C., Guéron, R., Pasinatto, K., Costa, R.C. & Moraes, I.R. (2025) First record of Pleurocrypta petrolisthis Markham, 1988 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) parasitizing a porcelain crab (Porcellanidae) from Brazil, with notes on morphology and ecology. Acta Parasitologica, 70 (92), 1–10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11686-025-01031-0
  53. INEI, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica e Informatica (2000) Guía Estadística 1999-2000: Conociendo Tumbes. Oficina Técnica de Difusión, Estadística y Tecnología Informática. Lima, Perú, 173 pp.
  54. Kensley, B.F. & Schotte, M. (1989) Guide to the Marine Isopod Crustaceans of the Caribbean. Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington, D.C., 122 pp. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10950665] https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.10375
  55. Lardies, M.A. & Wehrtmann, I.S. (1996) Aspects of the reproductive biology of Petrolisthes laevigatus (Guérin, 1835) (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae). Part I: Reproductive output and chemical composition of eggs during embryonic development. Archive of Fishery and Marine Research, 43 (2), 121–135.
  56. Latreille, P.A. (1825) Familles Naturelles du Règne Animal, Exposé Succinctement et dans un Ordre Analytique avec l’Indication de leurs Genres. J.B. Baillière, Paris, 570 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.16094
  57. Leach, W.E. (1821) Galatéadées, Galateadæ. (Crust.). In: Cuvier, F. (Ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles, dans lequel on Trait Méthodiquement des Différens Étres de la Nature, Considérés Soit en Eux-Mêmes, d’Après l’État Actuel de Nos Connoissances, Soit Relativement a l’Utilité qu’en Peuvent Retirer la Médecine, l’Agriculture, le Commerce et les Arts. Suivi d’une Biographie des plus Célèbres Naturalistes. Ouvrage Destiné aux Médecins, aux Agriculteurs, aux Commerçans, aux Artistes, aux Manufacturiers, et à Tous Ceux qui Ont Intérêt à Connoître les Productions de la Nature, leurs Caractères Génériques et Spécifi ques, leur Lieu Natal, leurs Propiétés et leurs Usages. Vol. 18. F. G. Levrault et Le Normant, Strasbourg et Paris, pp. 49–56.
  58. Lee, I.O., Bae, H.J., Kim, H.G. & Oh, C.W. (2016) Effects of infestation by Argeia pugettensis Dana, 1853 (Isopoda, Bopyridae) on the growth and reproduction of the sand shrimp Crangon hakodatei Rathbun, 1902 (Decapoda, Crangonidae) in South Korea. Crustaceana, 89 (6–7), 685–699. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003556
  59. Lemos de Castro, A. (1965) Crustáceos isópodos epicarídeos do Brasil. II. Notas sôbre “Aporobopyrus gracilis” Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis (Isopoda, Bopyridae). Revista Brasileira de Biologia, 25 (2), 177–180.
  60. Lemos de Castro, A. & Brasil-Lima, I.M. (1980) Crustáceos isópodes epicarídeos do Brasil. XIII. Variações intraespecíficas, distribuição geográfica e hospedeiros de Aporobopyrus curtatus (Richardson). Boletim do Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, 296, 1–7.
  61. Lockington, W.N. (1878) Remarks upon the Porcellanidea of the West Coast of North America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Series, 5 (2), 394–406. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222937808682444
  62. Markham, J.C. (1974) Six new species of bopyrid isopods parasitic on galatheid crabs of the genus Munida in the western Atlantic. Bulletin of Marine Science, 23 (3), 613–648.
  63. Markham, J.C. (1975) Bopyrid isopods infesting porcellanid crabs in the Northwestern Atlantic. Crustaceana, 28 (3), 257–270. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854075X01134
  64. Markham, J.C. (1978) A new genus and species of bopyrid isopod parasitic on the western Atlantic porcellanid Pachycheles ackleianus A. Milne Edwards. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 91 (2), 483–489.
  65. Markham, J.C. (1985) A review of the bopyrid isopods infesting caridean shrimps in the northwestern Atlantic Ocean, with special reference to those collected during the Hourglass cruises in the Gulf of Mexico. Memoirs of the Hourglass Cruises, 7 (3), 1–156.
  66. Markham, J.C. (1988) Descriptions and revisions of some species of Isopoda Bopyridae of the north western Atlantic Ocean. Zoologische Verhandelingen, 246, 3–63.
  67. Markham, J.C. (1992) The Isopoda Bopyridae of the eastern Pacific – missing or just hiding? Proceedings of the San Diego Society of Natural History, 17, 1–4.
  68. Markham, J.C. (2008) New records of the pseudionine bopyrid isopods, including two new species and one new genus, infesting porcellanid crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) on the Pacific coast of North and Central America. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, 17 (3), 145–157. https://doi.org/10.3160/0038-3872-107.3.145
  69. Markham, J.C. & Donath-Hernández, F.E. (1990) Crustacea of Sian ka’an, including orders Nectiopoda, Stomatopoda, Thermosbaena, Mysidacea, Cumacea, Tanaidacea, Isopoda and Decapoda. In: Navarro, L.D. &. Robinson, J.G (Eds.), Biological diversity of the Sian Ka´an biosphere reserve, Quintana Roo, Mexico. CIQRO, Quintana Roo, pp. 239–255.
  70. Martínez-Mayén, M. & Romero-Rodríguez, J. (2024) Updated checklist of the bopyrid isopods (Epicaridea: Bopyridea) from Mexico. Revista Mexicana de Biodiversidad, 95, e955453, 1–22. https://doi.org/10.22201/ib.20078706e.2024.95.5453
  71. Masunari, S., Castagini, A.D.S. & Oliveira, E. (2000) The population structure of Probopyrus floridensis (Isopoda, Bopyridae), a parasite of Macrobrachium potiuna (Decapoda, Palaemonidae) from the Perequê River, Paranaguá basin, southern Brazil. Crustaceana, 73 (9), 1095–1108. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854000505100
  72. Menzies, R.J. (1962) The zoogeography, ecology, and systematics of the Chilean marine isopods. Reports of the Lund University Chile Expedition 1948–49. no 42. Lunds Universitets Arsskrift, 57 (11), 1–162.
  73. Menzies, R.J. & Frankenberg, D. (1966) Handbook on the Common Marine Isopod Crustacea of Georgia. University of Georgia Press, Athens, 93 pp.
  74. Menzies, R.J. & Glynn, P.W. (1968) The common marine isopod Crustacea of Puerto Rico: A handbook for marine biologists. Studies on the Fauna of Curaçao and other Caribbean Islands, 27 (104), 1–133.
  75. Milne-Edwards, A. (1880) Reports on the results of dredging under the supervision of Alexander Agassiz, in the Gulf of Mexico and in the Caribbean Sea,1877, ‘78, ‘79, by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer “Blake”, Lieut.-Commander C.D. Sigsbee, U.S.N., and Commander J.R. Bartlett, U.S.N. commanding VIII. Études préliminaires sur les Crustacés. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoölogy at Harvard College, 8 (2), 1–68.
  76. Milne Edwards, H. (1837) Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Comprenant l´Anatomie, la Physiologie et la Classification de ces Animaux. Vol. II. Libraire Encyclopédique de Roret, Paris, 532 pp.
  77. Miranda, I. & Mantelatto, F. (2010) Temporal dynamic of the relationship between the parasitic isopod Aporobopyrus curtatus (Crustacea: Isopoda: Bopyridae) and the anomuran crab Petrolisthes armatus (Crustacea: Decapoda: Porcellanidae) in the southern Brazil. Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research, 38 (2), 210–217. https://doi.org/10.3856/vol38-issue2-fulltext-5
  78. Monod, T. (1933) Tanaidacea et Isopoda. Mission Robert-Ph. Dollfus en Égypt. Mémoires de l’Institute d’Égypt, 21, 161–264.
  79. Moore, C., McCoy, K. & McCoy, M. (2025) Parasites of crustaceans and fishes in the Indian River Lagoon, Florida: a meta-analysis across intertidal systems and taxa. Estuaries and Coasts, 48, 1–13. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-025-01531-2
  80. Nierstrasz, H.F. & Brender à Brandis, G.A. (1923) Die isopoden der Siboga-Expedition. II. Isopoda Genuina. I. Epicaridea. Siboga Expeditie Monographie, 32b, 57–123.
  81. Nierstrasz, H.F. & Brender à Brandis, G.A. 1925. Bijdrage tot de kennis der fauna van Curacao. Epicaridea. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 24, 1–8. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02401001
  82. Nierstrasz, H.F. & Brender à Brandis, G.A. 1929. Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914–16. 48. Epicaridea 1. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjobenhavn, 87, 1–44.
  83. Nierstrasz, H.F. & Brender à Brandis, G.A. (1931) Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen’s Pacific Expedition 1914–16. 57. Epicaridea II. Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra Dansk Naturhistorisk Forening i Kjøbenhavn, 91, 147–225.
  84. Nobili, G. (1901) Viaggio del Dr. Enrico Festa nella Repubblica dell’Ecuador e regioni vicine. Decapodi e Stomatopodi. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia comparata della R. Università di Torino, 16 (415), 1–58.
  85. Nobili, G. (1906) Nuovi bopiridi. Atti della Real Accademia della Scienze di Torino, 41, 1–18.
  86. Oliveira, E. & Masunari, S. (1998) Population relationship between the parasite Aporobopyrus curtatus (Richardson, 1904) (Isopoda: Bopyridae) and one of its porcelain crab hosts Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes, 1850) (Decapoda: Porcellanidae) from Farol Island, southern Brazil. Journal of Natural History, 32 (10–11), 1707–1717. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222939800771221
  87. Oliveira, E. & Masunari, S. (2006) Distribução temporal de densidade de Aporobopyrus curtatus (Richardson) (Crustacea, Isopoda, Bopyridae), um parasito de Petrolisthes armatus (Gibbes) (Crustacea, Anomura, Porcellanidae) na Ilha do Farol, Matinhos, Paraná, Brasil. Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 23 (4), 1188–1195. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-81752006000400028
  88. Pardo, L.M., Boyko, C.B. & Mantelatto, F. (2009) Description of a new species of Asymmetrione (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) infesting the hermit crab Paguristes tomentosus (Anomura: Diogenidae) from Peru, with a key to species and a review of southeastern Pacific bopyrids. Journal of Natural History, 43 (33–34), 2041–2055. https://doi.org/10.1080/00222930903094639
  89. Pearse, A.S. (1932) New bopyrid isopod crustaceans from Dry Tortugas, Florida. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 81 (1), 1–6. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.81-2924.1
  90. Penha-Lopes, G., Marques, J.F., Leal, M.C., Carvalho, A.F. & Paula, J. (2012) Population structure and reproduction of Pseudione elongata africana (Bopyridae, Isopoda). Western Indian Ocean Journal of Marine Science, 11 (1), 27–39.
  91. Rafinesque, C.S. (1815) Analyse de la Nature ou Tableau de l’Univers et des Corps Organisés. Published by the author, Palermo, 224 pp. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.106607
  92. Raman, R.P., Pagarkar, A.U., Makesh, M. & Gupta, N. (2005) A record of Probopyrus bithynis (Richardson 1904) in Macrobrachium rosenbergii (de Man) from coastal Andhra Pradesh, India, with special reference to host-parasite relationship. Journal of the Indian Fisheries Association, 32, 29–37. [https://epubs.icar.org.in/index.php/JIFA/article/view/56681]
  93. Randall, J.W. (1840). Catalogue of the Crustacea brought by Thomas Nutall and J.K. Townsend, from the West Coast of North America and the Sandwich Islands, with descriptions of such species as are apparently new, among which are included several species of different localities, previously existing in the collection of the Academy. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Philadelphia, 8, 106–147. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.119921
  94. Rathbun, M.J. (1900) Results of the Branner-Agassiz Expedition to Brazil. I. The decapod and stomatopod Crustacea. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, 2, 133–156.
  95. Reid, D.M. & Corey, S. (1991) Comparative fecundity of decapod crustaceans, II. The fecundity of fifteen species of anomuran and brachyuran crabs. Crustaceana, 61 (2), 175–189. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854091X00669
  96. Ribeiro, B.F. & Horch, A.P. (2023) Checklist of parasitic isopods from Brazil: Bopyroidea and Cryptoniscoidea (Isopoda: Cymothoida: Epicaridea). Zootaxa, 5325 (2), 151–185. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5325.2.1
  97. Richardson, H. (1904) Contributions to the natural history of the Isopoda. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 27, 1–89. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.27-1369.657
  98. Richardson, H. (1905) A monograph on the isopods of North America. Bulletin of the United States National Museum, 54, 1–727. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.03629236.54.i
  99. Richardson, H. (1910) Report on isopods from Peru, collected by Dr. R.E. Coker. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 38 (1729), 79–85. https://doi.org/10.5479/si.00963801.38-1729.79
  100. Ríos, R. & Duffy, J.E. (2007). A review of the sponge-dwelling snapping shrimp from Carrie Bow Cay, Belize, with description of Zuzalpheus, new genus, and six new species. Zootaxa, 1602 (1), 1–89. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.1602.1.1
  101. Rocha, M. (2020) Registro de deformidades morfológicas ocasionada por parásito em Pachychelles greeleyi Hathbung (sic), 1900. Oecologia Australis, 24 (4), 938–942. https://doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2020.2404.16
  102. Rodríguez, I.T., Hernández, G. & Felder, D.L. (2005) Review of the western Atlantic Porcellanidae (Crustacea: Decapoda: Anomura) with new records, systematic observations, and comments on biogeography. Caribbean Journal of Science, 41 (3), 544–582. [http://hdl.handle.net/10088/3954]
  103. Román-Contreras, R. (2008) Estudios y registros de isópodos epicarideos de México: 1897–2005. In: Álvarez, F. & Rodríguez-Almaraz, G.A. (Eds.), Crustáceos de México: Estado Actual de su Conocimiento. Dirección de Publicaciones, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Nuevo León, pp. 81–114.
  104. Romero-Rodríguez, J. & Álvarez, F. (2019) Bopyrid isopods of the genus Aporobopyrus infesting porcellanid crabs (Decapoda: Anomura) in the Gulf of California, Mexico: new host and parasite records. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 132 (1), 99–118. https://doi.org/10.2988/19-00005
  105. Romero-Rodríguez, J. & Álvarez, F. (2023) Cataphryxus zapoteca sp. nov. (Isopoda, Bopyridae) and new hosts and records of bopyrid isopods from the Mexican Eastern Pacific. Systematic Parasitology, 100, 697–714. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11230-023-10118-z
  106. Romero-Rodríguez, J. & Martínez-Mayén, M. (2018) Rediscovery of the bopyrid isopod Parabopyrella thomasi (Niestrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1929), parasite of the arrow shrimp Tozeuma carolinense Kingsley, 1878 (Decapoda, Caridea) in the Caribbean region. Crustaceana, 91 (10), 1183–1194. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003811
  107. Romero-Rodríguez, J. & Román-Contreras, R. (2014) Relationships of the branchial parasite Bopyrinella thorii (Isopoda, Bopyridae) and its host Thor floridanus (Decapoda, Hippolytidae). Crustaceana, 87 (4), 463–475. https://doi.org/10.1163/15685403-00003298
  108. Romero-Rodríguez, J., Román-Contreras, R. & Bortolini-Rosales, J.L. (2017) Male influence on the ovarian development of the crustacean parasite Bopyrina abbreviata (Isopoda, Bopyridae). Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom, 97 (1), 91–98. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0025315415002258
  109. Salazar-Vallejo, S.I. & Leija-Tristán, A. (1990) Progebiophilus bruscai n. sp., a new bopyrid isopod parasitic on the mud shrimp, Upogebia dawsoni Williams (Thalassinoidea), from the Gulf of California. Cahiers de Biologie Marine, 30 (4), 423–432.
  110. Sassaman, C. (1985) Cabirops montereyensis, a new species of hyperparasitic isopod from Monterey Bay, California (Epicaridea, Cabiropsidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington, 98, 778–789.
  111. Say, T. (1818) Appendix to the account of the Crustacea of the United States. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1 (2), 445–458.
  112. Scelzo, M.A. (1985) Biología y morfometría del cangrejo Petrolisthes politus (Gray, 1831) (Anomura, Porcellanidae) de la isla Cubagua, Venezuela. Boletín del Instituto Oceanográfico de Venezuela, 24 (1–2), 63–74.
  113. Schmitt, W.L. (1924). The macruran, anomuran and stomatopod Crustacea. Bijdragen tot de kennis der fauna van Curaçao. Resultaten eener reis van Dr. C.J. van der Horst in 1920. Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde, 23, 61–81. https://doi.org/10.1163/26660644-02301005
  114. Schultz, G.A. (1969) How to Know the Marine Isopod Crustaceans. Wm. C. Brown Company, Dubuque, Iowa, 359 pp.
  115. Shiino, S.M. (1933) Bopyrids from Tanabe Bay. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, Series B, 8 (3), 249–300.
  116. Shiino, S.M. (1934) Bopyrids from Tanabe Bay II. Memoirs of the College of Science, Kyoto Imperial University, Series B, 9 (4), 257–287.
  117. Shiino, S.M. (1952) Phylogeny of the family Bopyridae. Annual Report, Prefectural University of Mie, Section 2, Natural Science, 1, 33–56.
  118. Shiino, S.M. (1958) Note on the bopyrid fauna of Japan. Report of Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, 3 (1), 29–73.
  119. Shiino, S.M. (1964) On three bopyrid isopods from California. Report of Faculty of Fisheries, Prefectural University of Mie, 5 (1), 19–25.
  120. Solano-Barquero, A., Rojas, A. & Cortés, J. (2023) Metazoan marine parasites of Costa Rica: a review. Parasitologia, 3, 116–141. https://doi.org/10.3390/parasitologia3020014
  121. Stimpson, W. (1858) Prodromus descriptionis animalium evertebratum, quae in Expeditione ad Oceanum Pacificum Septentrionalem, a Republica Federata missa, Cadwaladaro Ringgold et Johanne Rodgers Ducibus, observavit et descripsit. Pars VII. Crustacea Anomoura. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 10, 225–252. https://doi.org/10.5962/bhl.title.51447
  122. Stimpson, W. (1859) Notes on North American Crustacea. 1. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 7 (11), 49–93. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1862.tb00142.x
  123. Stimpson, W. (1871). Notes on North American Crustacea in the museum of the Smithsonian Institution. No. III. Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York, 10, 92–163. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-6632.1874.tb00028.x
  124. Streets, T.H. (1871). Descriptions of five new species of Crustacea from Mexico. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1871, 225–227.
  125. Streets, T.H. (1872) Notice of some Crustacea from the island of St. Martin, W. I., collected by Dr. Van Rijgersma. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 24, 131–134.
  126. Turner, R.L. & Lawrence, J.M. (1979) Volume and composition of echinoderm eggs: implications for the use of egg size in life-history models. In: Stancyk, S.E. (Ed.), Reproductive Ecology of Marine Invertebrates. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, South Carolina, pp. 25–40.
  127. Van Name, W.G. (1920) Isopods collected by the American Museum Congo expedition. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 43, 41–108. [https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/90180]
  128. Van Wyk, P.M. (1982) Inhibition of the growth and reproduction of the porcellanid crab Pachycheles rudis by the bopyrid isopod, Aporobopyrus muguensis. Parasitology, 85, 459–473. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0031182000056249
  129. Villalobos, H.J.L., Nates, R.J.C., Cantu, A.D.B., Valle, M.D.M., Flores, P.H., Lira, E.F. & Schmidtsdorf, P.V. (1989) Listados faunísticos de México. I. Crustáceos Estomátopodos y Decápodos Intermareales de las Islas del Golfo de California, México. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Ciudad de México, 114 pp.
  130. Wehrtmann, I.S., Miranda, I., Lizana-Moreno, C.A., Hernáez, P., Barrantes-Echandi, V. & Mantelatto, F.L. (2012) Reproductive plasticity in Petrolisthes armatus (Anomura, Porcellanidae): a comparison between a Pacific and an Atlantic population. Helgoland Marine Research, 66, 87–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10152-011-0250-7
  131. Werding, B. (1983) Der Petrolisthes galathinus-Artenkomplex im karibischen Raum mit Beschreibung von P. caribensis n. sp. und P. columbiensis n. sp. (Crustacea: Anomura: Porcellanidae). Senckenbergiana Biologica, 63, 407–418.
  132. Werding, B. & Hiller, A. (2002) A new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus complex from the southern Caribbean Sea, with a discussion on the identity of P. galathinus (Bosc, 1802) (Decapoda, Porcellanidae). Crustaceana, 75 (7), 849–857. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002321210703
  133. Werding, B. & Kraus, H. (2003) A new species of the Petrolisthes galathinus species complex from the southern Caribbean Sea (Decapoda, Anomura, Porcellanidae). Crustaceana, 75 (9), 1141–1147. https://doi.org/10.1163/156854002763270536
  134. Williams, J.D. & Madad, A. (2010) A new species and record of the branchial parasitic isopods (Crustace: Isopoda: Bopyridae: Pseudioninae) of porcellanid crabs from the Philippines. Experimental Parasitology, 125, 23–29. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.exppara.2009.09.012
  135. Zúñiga-Delgado, J.G., Torres-Conde, E.G. & Hinostroza-Miranda, J.D. (2021) Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de Isocladus bahamondei Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. Revista de Investigaciones Marinas, 41 (2), 22–35. [http://hdl.handle.net/1834/41821]

How to Cite

Romero-Rodríguez, J., Villalobos-Hiriart, J.L. & Álvarez, F. (2026) The parasitic bopyrid isopods of porcellanid crabs (Anomura: Porcellanidae) of the Colección Nacional de Crustáceos of Mexico: with the description of Aporobopyrus adriani sp. nov. and Orbimorphus boykoi sp. nov. (Epicaridea: Bopyridae). Zootaxa, 5799 (3), 469–507. https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5799.3.3