Crinoniscidae

Crinoniscidae
Crinoniscidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Superfamily: Cryptoniscoidea
Family: Crinoniscidae
Bonnier, 1900
Genera

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Crinoniscidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.[1] Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans. Crinoniscus equitans is parasitic on the barnacle, Balanus perforatus.[2]

The family contains the following genera and species:[3]

  • Crinoniscus Perez, 1900
  • Crinoniscus cephalatus Hosie, 2008
  • Crinoniscus equitans Perez, 1900
  • Crinoniscus politosummus Hosie, 2008
  • Proteolepas Darwin, 1854
  • Proteolepas bivincta Darwin, 1854

References

  1. ^ Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41.
  2. ^ Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  3. ^ World Register of Marine Species
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