Parabopyrella indica (Chopra, 1923)

“a subspecies of Hay’ s B. deformans ” Chopra, 1922: 70 .

Bopyrella deformans var. indica Chopra, 1923: 416, 420

Bopyrella deformans indica Chopra, 1923: 468–473, text fig. 9, pl. 14, fig. 1–6 [Pakistan and India, infesting Synapheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul’ son, 1875); NE of Sri Lanka, infesting Synapheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905]; Chopra, 1927: 119–121 [Gulf of Manaar, infesting alpheid sp.]; Chopra, 1930: 133; Monod, 1933: 236; Qazi, 1959: 55, 60; Savant, 1973: 331; Kruczynski and Menzies, 1977: 551, 556; Kensley, 2001: 222.

Synsynella deformans var. indica: Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1929: 4, 38, fig. 48 [Hong Kong, infesting Synalpheus sp.]; Monod, 1933: 227–232, figs. 50–51 [Red Sea, infesting alpheid sp.]; Shiino, 1949a: 49; Kruczynski and Menzies, 1977: 552.

“Chopra’ s ‘sub-species’” Kruczynski and Menzies, 1977: 556.

Bopyrella indica: Bourdon, 1979a: 501–503, fig. 21 [Madagascar, infesting Synalpheus sp.]; Bourdon, 1980a: 187, 208–210, fig. 10 [Hong Kong, infesting Synalpheus sp.; Indonesia, infesting Synalpheus sp.; New Caledonia, infesting Synapheus neomeris (de Man, 1897); Queensland, infesting Synalpheus sp.]; Bourdon, 1980b: 243; Kazmi and Bourdon, 1997: 59.

Bopyrella distincta [sic]: Bourdon, 1980a: 210 (not Bopyrella distincta Nierstrasz and Brender à Brandis, 1923).

Parabopyrella indica: Markham, 1982: 345; Markham, 1992a: 298; Kensley, 2001: 224; Kazmi et al., 2002: 61, fig. 18 [Arabian Sea, infesting Synapheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul’ son, 1875)]; Poore et al., 2002: 119; Li, 2003: 140, 158; Liu, 2008: 693; Markham, 2010: 152, 162.

[ Parabopyrella] indica: Kazmi and Bourdon, 1997: 59 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

HOSTS AND LOCALITIES: Infesting Synapheus neomeris (de Man, 1897), Synapheus nilandensis Coutière, 1905, Synapheus tumidomanus tumidomanus (Paul’ son, 1875), Synalpheus sp(p). ( Alpheidae), Pakistan, India, NE of Sri Lanka, Gulf of Manaar, Hong Kong, Red Sea, Arabian Sea, Madagascar, New Cale‐ donia.

REMARKS: Chopra (1923) variously referred to this taxon as a new subspecies or variety of Bopyrella deformans (Hay, 1917) (the type species of Synsynella Hay, 1917), but the name has always been used at the subspecific level.