Bopyroides hippolytes (Kröyer, 1838)
(a parasitic sea slater)

Interactions where Bopyroides hippolytes is the dominant partner and gains from the process

The following relationships have been collated from the published literature (see 'Interaction References').

Stage Summary Taxon Vernacular Classification References Darwin Classification of Active Taxon Active Taxon Active Vernacular Active Taxon Uncertain Active State Active Part Active Stage Relationship Relationship Uncertain Relationship Geography Darwin Classification of Passive Taxon Passive Taxon Passive Vernacular Passive Taxon Uncertain Passive State Passive Part Passive Stage Passive Taxon's significance to Active Taxon Indoors etc Season
ectoparasitises branchial cavity UK/IrelandRare Hippolyte varians Chamaeleon Prawn Decapoda: Hippolytidae British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Bopyridae/Bopyroides hippolytes/Bopyroides hippolytesa parasitic sea slater Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Hippolytidae/Hippolyte varians/Hippolyte varianschamaeleon prawnbranchial cavityRare
ectoparasitises branchial cavity UK/IrelandMajor Spirontocaris a genus of prawn Decapoda: Hippolytidae British Marine Isopods, Naylor, E., 1972
 /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Isopoda/Bopyridae/Bopyroides hippolytes/Bopyroides hippolytesa parasitic sea slater Animal / parasite / ectoparasiteUK and/or Eire /Animalia/Arthropoda/Malacostraca/Decapoda/Hippolytidae/Spirontocaris/Spirontocarisa genus of prawnbranchial cavityMajor

Author & YearTitleSource
Naylor, E., 1972British Marine IsopodsSynopses of the British Fauna (New Series), 3, 86pp, The Linnean Society of London

Bopyroides hippolytes (a parasitic sea slater) may be included in 'fed on by' relations listed under the following higher taxa:

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesBopyroides hippolytes (a parasitic sea slater)
FamilyBOPYRIDAE (a family of parasitic sea slaters)
SuperfamilyBOPYROIDEA (a superfamily of crustaceans)
InfraorderEpicaridea (a suborder of parasitic sea slaters)
SuborderCYMOTHOIDA (a suborder of crustaceans)
OrderISOPODA (woodlice, waterlice and sea slaters)
SuperorderPERACARIDA (amphipods, woodlice, cumaceans etc.)
SubclassEUMALACOSTRACA (a subclass of crustaceans)
ClassMALACOSTRACA (crabs, lobsters, shrimps, prawns, woodlice etc.)
SubphylumCRUSTACEA (crustaceans)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for Bopyroides hippolytes (a parasitic sea slater)

Bopyroides hippolytes (a parasitic sea slater) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

Literature listed under the following higher taxa may be relevant to Bopyroides hippolytes (a parasitic sea slater):

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