Cyproniscidae

Cyproniscidae
Cyproniscidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Superfamily: Cryptoniscoidea
Family: Cyproniscidae
Giard and Bonnier, 1887
Genera

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Cyproniscidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.[1] Members of this family are parasitic on other isopods.[2]

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

  • Cyproniscus Kossmann, 1884
  • Cyproniscus crossophori Stebbing, 1901
  • Cyproniscus cypridinae (G.O. Sars, 1883)
  • Cyproniscus decemspinosus Menzies & George, 1972
  • Cyproniscus octospinosus Menzies & George, 1972
  • Cyproniscus peruvicus Menzies & George, 1972
  • Onisocryptus Schultz, 1977
  • Onisocryptus kurilensis Rybakov, 1998
  • Onisocryptus ovalis (Shiino, 1942)
  • Onisocryptus sagittus Schultz, 1977

References

  1. ^ Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272.
  2. ^ Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  3. ^ World Register of Marine Species
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