Eophrixus shojii Shiino, 1941

Eophrixus shojii Shiino, 1941: 155–156, figs. 1–2 [Japan, infesting Alpheus japonicus Miers, 1879]; Shiino, 1958: 71 [Japan, infesting Alpheus rapax Fabricius, 1798]; Danforth, 1963: 8; Markham, 1972: 48; Markham, 1982: 275, figs. 28–29 [Hong Kong, infesting Alpheus lobidens? De Haan, 1849]; Page, 1985: 185, 205–208, fig. 15 [New Zealand, infesting Alpheus socialis Heller, 1862]; Kim and Kwon, 1988: 199, 218–219, fig. 11 [Korea, infesting A. japonicus]; Markham, 1990: 555, 563 [Hong Kong, infesting Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811)]; Markham, 1991: 289, 294, fig. 3 [Thailand, infesting Alpheus sp.]; Markham, 1992a: 298; Kensley, 2001: 223; Li, 2003: 140, 154, 157; Liu, 2008: 692.

Anisarthrus shojii: Codreanu and Codreanu, 1956: 119; Codreanu, 1961: 138.

Eophryxus [sic] shojii: Shiino, 1972: 9 .

MATERIAL EXAMINED: None.

HOSTS AND LOCALITIES: Infesting Alpheus brevirostris (Olivier, 1811), A. japonicus Miers, 1879, A. lobidens? De Haan, 1849, A. rapax Fabricius, 1798, A. socialis Heller, 1862, Alpheus sp. ( Alpheidae), Japan, Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, New Zealand.

KEY TO 11 SPECIES OF EOPHRIXUS CAROLI, 1930, BASED ON MALE AND FEMALE CHARACTERS ( E. ENCHOPHYLLUS AND E. LAEVIMANUS NOT INCLUDED IN THE KEY)

1a. Female without uropods............. 2

1b. Female with uropods............... 3

2a. Five pleomeres, exopods of pleopods well developed.. E. pikei (Bruce, 1968), n. comb.

2b. Four pleomeres, exopods of pleopods weakly developed.. E. kuboi (Shiino, 1939)

3a. Pereomeres I and II with serrate margins... E. leptochelae (Pillai, 1966), n. comb.

3b. Pereomeres I and II with smooth margins......................... 4

4a. Uropods as slender rami............. 5 4b. Uropods large, foliaceous............ 6 5a. Lateral plates much larger than associated

pleopods......................... 7 5b. Lateral plates nearly same size as asso-

ciated pleopods........ E. caudatus, n. sp. 6a. Male pleotelson with mediodistal bifurca-

tion......... E. subcaudalis (Hay, 1917) 6b. Male pleotelson elongate, entire........

........... E. yusakiensis (Shiino, 1934) 7a. Lateral plates of pleon globular........

........... E. brevicauda (Chopra, 1923) 7b. Lateral plates of pleon plate shaped..... 8 8a. First pair of lateral plates much smaller

than others......... E. shoji Shiino, 1941 8b. Lateral plates subequal in size......... 9 9a. Pereon with distinct pigment..........

.......... E. nigrocinctus (Chopra, 1923) 9b. Pereon without pigment............. 10 10a. Pleon with single small globular lobe termi-

nally........... E. lysmatae Caroli, 1930 10b. Pleon with a pair of globular uropods ter-

minally...... E. adriaticus (Nierstrasz and

Brender à Brandis, 1931)

Hyperphrixus Nierstrasz and Brender à