Bopyrus crangorum Parasite

Bopyrus crangorum is commonly referred to as Parasite. Difficulty in the aquarium: Not suitable for aquarium keeping. Toxicity: Toxic hazard unknown.

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lexID:

18652 

AphiaID:

1650764 

Scientific:

Bopyrus crangorum 

German:

Palaemon Parasit 

English:

Parasite 

Category:

 

Family tree:

Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Isopoda (Order) > Bopyridae (Family) > Bopyrus (Genus) > crangorum (Species) 

Initial determination:

(Fabricius, ), 1798 

Occurrence:

the Black Sea, Adriatic Sea (Mediterranean), European Coasts, France, Greece, Indo Pacific, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, North Atlantic Ocean, the British Isles, the Mediterranean Sea, Tyrrhenian Sea (Mediterranean Sea), Ukraine 

Marine Zone:

Subtidal, sublittoral, infralittoral, deep zone of the oceans from the lower limit of the intertidal zone (intertidal) to the shelf edge at about 200 m water depth. neritic. 

Sea depth:

Meter 

Habitats:

Seawater, Sea water 

Size:

0" - 0.39" (0,2cm - 1,1cm) 

Temperature:

°F - 77 °F (°C - 25°C) 

Food:

Parasites 

Difficulty:

Not suitable for aquarium keeping 

Offspring:

None 

Toxicity:

Toxic hazard unknown 

CITES:

Not evaluated 

Red List:

Not evaluated (NE) 

Related species at
Catalog of Life:

• Bopyrus bimaculatus
• Bopyrus squillarum

 

More related species
in this lexicon:

• 
  Bopyrus crangorum
  Palaemon Parasit

 

Author:

Meerwasser-Lexikon Team

Publisher:

Meerwasser-Lexikon.de

Created:

2026-10-01 12:35:31 

Last edit:

2026-10-01 12:58:38 

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