Aegidae

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Aegidae
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Aega psora
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Aegidae

White, 1850

The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal.[1] They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked.[2] The family contains the following genera:[3]

  • Aega Leach, 1815
  • Bruce, 2009
  • Bovallius, 1885
  • H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
  • Bruce, 2009
  • Leach, 1818
  • Harger, 1880
  • Tattersall, 1909

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  1. ^ Richard C. Brusca, Vánia R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti (2007). "Isopoda". In Sol Felty Light; James T. Carlton (eds.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 503–542. ISBN 9780520239395.
  2. ^ Roger Tory Peterson; Kenneth L. Gosner (1999). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Peterson Field Guide. 24. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 225. ISBN 9780618002092.
  3. ^ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2011). "Aegidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 12, 2012.


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