Cyproniscidae

The Cyproniscidae are 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]

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

Giard and Bonnier, 1887
Genera

see text

The family contains these 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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