Bopyrina

Bopyrina

[bō·pī′rə·nə]
(invertebrate zoology)
A tribe of dioecious isopods in the suborder Epicaridea.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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The superfamily Bopyrina included three families as Dajidae (parasitic in the incubatory chamber or on the dorsal surface of the Mysids and Euphosiids), Bopyridae (in branchial cavity or on the abdominal cavity of the Anomuran and Macrura) and Entoniscidae (in visceral cavity of Brachyura and Anomura) (Hartnoll, 1960).
Short Communication - Micippion asymmetricus: An Entoniscid Parasite of the Coral Crab, Charybdis feriatus (Linnaeus, 1758)

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