Bopyrina platylobae Bourdon, 1983

Boyko, Christopher B. & Williams, Jason D., 2023, Nomenclatural and taxonomic changes in parasitic isopods (Isopoda: Epicaridea) including two new families and note on the questionable association between monogeneans and bopyrids, Zootaxa 5258 (3), pp. 251-269 : 253

Bopyrina platylobae Bourdon in Bourdon and Bruce, 1983

= Bopyrina platylobata Bourdon, 1983

Distribution: Queensland, Australia; Seram, Indonesia ( Bourdon & Bruce 1983; Bourdon 1983).

Hosts: Anchistus australis (Bruce, 1977) , A. custos (Forskål, 1775) ( Bourdon & Bruce 1983; Bourdon 1983).

Remarks: Although the intent of Roland Bourdon was clearly to describe the species in Bourdon (1983) and cite a second record of it in Bourdon & Bruce (1983), the latter paper was published in July 1983, while the former was published on 15 Dec 1983. The text included in the Remarks section in Bourdon & Bruce (1983) includes morphological characters and is sufficient to make the name available from that paper. This means that the spelling of the specific name as Bopyrina platylobae is the correct original spelling and the subsequent spelling, B. platylobata , is in error despite the latter spelling being cited as correct in other papers (e.g., Markham 2010). The specific name is credited solely to Bourdon in Bourdon & Bruce (1983), so the authorship remains unchanged. Bourdon in Bourdon & Bruce (1983) cited a pair of specimens on Anchistus custos from Queensland as well as the “ holotype ” which was specified to be a female on A. australis from Seram Island ( Indonesia) by Bourdon (1983). Following ICZN Article 72.4.1.1 for allowable evidence to determine the composition of a type series for a nominal species established prior to 2000, we consider the type series to be the pairs of bopyrids cited in both Bourdon & Bruce (1983) and Bourdon (1983) with the identity of the holotype unchanged from that designated by Bourdon (1983). The specimens from A. custos are therefore paratypes.