APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Bopyrina ocellata (Czerniavsky, 1868) - A parasitic isopod (Isopoda images)
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Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- female 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- female 2

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- female with four pairs of uniramous pleopods 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- female parasite with 0.1mm division rule 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- male 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- male 2

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- male with uropods 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- male parasite with 0.1mm division rule 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- Hippolyte varians host with parasite in branchial cavity 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- Hippolyte varians host with parasite in branchial cavity 2

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- Hippolyte varians host with parasite in branchial cavity 3

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- eggs 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- deformed branchial cavity 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- parasite in-situ in host 1

Parasitic isopod
Bopyrina ocellata
- host and parasite with 0.1mm division rule 1

Specimen was found on the prawn Hippolyte varians, which was found in a pool on the middleshore at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 27.06.17.

Female approx. 3.0mm in length and male approx. 0.9mm in length. If this specimen is Bopyrina ocellata then we must assume males and females may be larger than described in literature.

Bopyrina ocellata (Czerniavsky, 1868) is synonymous with Bopyrina giardi Bonnier, 1900.

The specimen here has been preserved in 100% EtOH ready for molecular analysis, should anyone wish to take advantage of it.

Bopyrina ocellata giardi parasitic isopod isopoda Hippolyte varians Images
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people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.