Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea > Superfamily Bopyroidea > Family Bopyridae > Subfamily Hemiarthrinae

Eophrixus Caroli, 1930

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Relationships towards this taxon

Genus group names

*Paraphrixus*	Caroli, 1930	synonym
*Phrixus (Eophrixus)*	Caroli, 1930	synonym

Children

Eophrixus adriaticus (Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1931)
Eophrixus enchophyllus Caroli, 1930
Eophrixus laevimanus Caroli, 1930
Eophrixus lysmatae Caroli, 1930

Literature

original description	Caroli, E. (1930). Notizia di tre specie nuove ed una poco nota di Bopiridi addominali, parassiti di Caridei del golfo di Napoli. Contributo alla conoscenza del genere Phrixus Rathke. Bolletino della Societa Naturale di Napoli. 41: 258-269.
basis of record	Markham, J.C. (2001). Isopoda, Epicaridea, Bopyridae, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels 50: pp. 322.
additional source	Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [Online Nomenclator Zoologicus at Checklistbank. Ubio link has gone].
additional source	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].
status source	Nierstrasz, H. F. & Brender à Brandis, G. A. (1931). Papers from Dr. Th. Mortensen's Pacific Expedition 1914-16. LVII. Epicaridea II. Videnskabelige Meddedelser fra den Dansk Naturhistoriske Forening i København. 91: 147-226, pl. 1.
subsequent type designation	Markham, J. C. (1982). Bopyrid isopods parasitic on decapod crustaceans in Hong Kong and southern China. Proceedings of the First International Marine Biological Workshop: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (B. S. Morton & C. K. Tseng, editors). 1:325-391. Hong Kong: Hong Kong University Press.

Genbank

Citation

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. Eophrixus Caroli, 1930. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118171