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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Cymothoida |
Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
Family: | Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
Genera | |
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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
edit- ^ Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41.
- ^ "Virginia Institute of Marine Science". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- ^ World Register of Marine Species