Bopyrella tanytelson Markham, 1982

Bopyrella tanytelson Markham, 1985b: 20–23, fig. 10, table 1 [Thailand, infesting Alpheus sp.]; Markham, 1990: 559–560 (Hong Kong, infesting Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905); Markham, 1992a: 298, table 1; Kensley, 2001: 223; Li, 2003: 139, 154, 157; Liu, 2008: 691.

MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

HOSTS AND LOCALITIES: Infesting Synalpheus streptodactylus Coutière, 1905, Alpheus sp. ( Alpheidae), Hong Kong, Thailand.

REMARKS: As noted by Markham, the mentions by Miya (1972) and Monod (1976) of bopyrids on Synalpheus streptodactylus from Japan and New Caledonia, respectively, could be Bopyrella tanytelson, but no specimens

from these collections have ever been critically examined.

KEY TO THE SEVEN SPECIES OF BOPYRELLA BONNIER, 1900, BASED ON FEMALES

1a. Four pairs of pleopods.............. 2 1b. Five pairs of pleopods............... 3 2a. Pereomeres distinct, median part of pleon

fused, but pleomeres indicated by lateral

indentations.. B. moluccensis Bourdon, 1983 2b. Pereon fused medially, pleon fused but

with lateral indentations on long side....

............ B. malensis Bourdon, 1980a 3a. Pleon completely fused, without lateral

indentations...................... 4 3b. Pleon incompletely fused, lateral indenta-

tions on at least one side............. 5 4a. Maxilliped with nonarticulated palp.....

............. B. thomsoni Bonnier, 1900 4b. Maxilliped with triarticulated palp......

.................. B. articulata, n. sp. 5a. Maxilliped palp articulated...........

.......... B. harmopleon Bowman, 1956 5b. Maxilliped palp nonarticulated........ 6 6a. Pleomeres 1–4 distinct, last two pleomeres

fused...... B. calmani (Richardson, 1905) 6b. Pleomeres indistinct, indicated only by lat-

eral indentations on long side..........

.......... B. tanytelson Markham, 1985