Aporobopyrus oviformis

Aporobopyrus oviformisThis crustacean is known from California, USA, and Japan.What does it look like?In adult females, the head is wider than long, with rounded front and rear margins.Where and how does it live?It parasitizes the gills of the porcelain crabs Pachycheles pubescens and Petrolisthes pubescens.Adult females lack eyes.In adult females, the side plates of thoracic segments three and four are narrow and rudimentary on both sides of the body.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.