WoRMS name details
Opis Krøyer, 1842
547476 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:547476)
unaccepted (homonym of Opis DeFrance, 1825 [Bivalvia])
Genus
Opis eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Opisa eschrichtii (Krøyer, 1842) (type by monotypy)
- Species Opis eschrichtii Krøyer, 1842 accepted as Opisa eschrichtii (Krøyer, 1842) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opis hispana Chevreux, 1887 accepted as Opisa hispana Chevreux, 1887 accepted as Sophrosyne hispana (Chevreux, 1887) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opis leptochela Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868 accepted as Euonyx chelatus Norman, 1867 (junior subjective synonym)
- Species Opis quadrimana Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868 accepted as Normanion quadrimanus (Spence Bate & Westwood, 1868) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Opis typica Krøyer, 1846 accepted as Opisa eschrichtii (Krøyer, 1842)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
masculine
Krøyer, H. (1842). Nye nordiske slaegter og arter af amfipodernes orden, henhorende til familien Gammarina. (Forelobigt uddrag af et storre arbejde). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 4: 141-166. [details] 
Horton, T.; Lowry, J.; De Broyer, C.; Bellan-Santini, D.; Copilas-Ciocianu, D.; Corbari, L.; Costello, M.J.; Daneliya, M.; Dauvin, J.-C.; Fišer, C.; Gasca, R.; Grabowski, M.; Guerra-García, J.M.; Hendrycks, E.; Hughes, L.; Jaume, D.; Jazdzewski, K.; Kim, Y.-H.; King, R.; Krapp-Schickel, T.; LeCroy, S.; Lörz, A.-N.; Mamos, T.; Senna, A.R.; Serejo, C.; Souza-Filho, J.F.; Tandberg, A.H.; Thomas, J.D.; Thurston, M.; Vader, W.; Väinölä, R.; Valls Domedel, G.; Vonk, R.; White, K.; Zeidler, W. (2025). World Amphipoda Database. Opis Krøyer, 1842. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=547476 on 2025-04-05
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Krøyer, H. (1842). Nye nordiske slaegter og arter af amfipodernes orden, henhorende til familien Gammarina. (Forelobigt uddrag af et storre arbejde). <em>Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift Ser. I.</em> 4: 141-166. [details] 
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Defrance, J. L. M. (1825). Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles. <em>vol. 35.</em> , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25304090 [details]