The name of the genus was chosen because of its apparent close relationship with the Asymmetrorbione genus.[2]
Distribution
P. bicauda inhabits the waters of the South China Sea.[3][2]
Description
Like most Bopyridae species, the female is quite larger than its male counterpart. The females measure 11.57mm long; 9.67mm wide. The males have been recorded to be 4.1 mm long; 1.61 mm wide.[2]
^Jianmei An, Christopher B. Boyko & Xinzheng Li (2013). "A new genus and species of parasitic isopod (Isopoda: Bopyridae: Orbioninae) from Chinese waters, with a new locality and host record for Orbione halipori Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923". Systematic Parasitology. 84 (2): 149–156. doi:10.1007/s11230-012-9396-1. PMID23299752. S2CID22668991.