Crinoniscidae

The Crinoniscidae are 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]

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

Bonnier, 1900
Genera

see text

The family contains these 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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