Dajidae

Dajidae
Dajidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Superfamily: Bopyroidea
Family: Dajidae
Giard & Bonnier, 1887
Genera

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Dajidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. [1] The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.[2]

Members of this family are ectoparasites of krill. They resemble a fleshy growth on the krill's back, and make the host look as if it is wearing a rucksack.[3]

Genera

  • Allophryxus Koehler, 1911
  • Antephyra Schultz, 1978
  • Arthrophryxus Richardson, 1908
  • Aspidophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883
  • Branchiophryxus Caullery, 1897
  • Colophryxus Richardson, 1908
  • Dajus Krøyer, 1846
  • Dolichophryxus Schultz, 1977
  • Heterophryxus G. O. Sars, 1885
  • Holophryxus Richardson, 1905
  • Notophryxus G.O. Sars, 1883
  • Oculophryxus Shields & Gómez-Gutiérrez, 1996
  • Paradajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
  • Paraspidophryxus Schultz, 1977
  • Prodajus Bonnier, 1903
  • Prophryxus Richardson, 1909
  • Streptodajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
  • Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903

References

  1. ^ World Register of Marine Species
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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