Condensed duplicate refs and converted to Template:Cite WoRMS, updated lead per WoRMS← Previous revisionRevision as of 05:19, 3 November 2026 Line 7: Line 7: [[File:Lebbeus_grandimanus_from_North_East_Pacific,_with_unidentified_bopyrid_-_journal.pone.0035350.g001-C.png|thumb|Shrimp displaying bulge indicating bopyrid parasitism]] [[File:Lebbeus_grandimanus_from_North_East_Pacific,_with_unidentified_bopyrid_-_journal.pone.0035350.g001-C.png|thumb|Shrimp displaying bulge indicating bopyrid parasitism]] The '''Bopyridae''' are a [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[Isopoda|isopod]] [[crustacean]]s in the suborder [[Cymothoida]]. There are 1223 individual species contained in this family.{{cite web |author1=Chris Boyko |author2=Marilyn Schotte |name-list-style=amp |year=2011 |title=Bopyridae |editor1=M. Schotte |editor2=C. B. Boyko |editor3=N. L. Bruce |editor4=G. C. B. Poore |editor5=S. Taiti |editor6=G. D. F. Wilson |work=World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database |publisher=[[World Register of Marine Species]] |url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1195 |access-date=June 12, 2011}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1195&allchildren=1|title=WoRMS taxon details, Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815|last=|first=|date=2019-06-24|website=World Register of Marine Species|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}} Members of the family are [[Parasitism|ectoparasites]] of [[crab]]s and [[shrimp]]. They live in the gill cavities or under the [[carapace]] where they cause a noticeable swelling. Fossil crustaceans have occasionally been observed to have a similar characteristic bulge.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |title=Virginia Institute of Marine Science |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-date=2019-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043313/http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |url-status=dead }} The '''Bopyridae''' are a [[Family (taxonomy)|family]] of [[Isopoda|isopod]] [[crustacean]]s in the suborder [[Epicaridea]].{{cite WoRMS |title=Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 |id=1195 |db=isopod |access-date=3 November 2026}} Members of the family are [[Parasitism|ectoparasites]] of [[crab]]s and [[shrimp]]. They live in the gill cavities or under the [[carapace]] where they cause a noticeable swelling. Fossil crustaceans have occasionally been observed to have a similar characteristic bulge.{{Cite web |url=http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |title=Virginia Institute of Marine Science |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-date=2019-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043313/http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |url-status=dead }} ==Genera== ==Genera==