Cyproniscidae

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Cyproniscidae
Scientific classification
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Order:
Isopoda
Suborder:
Superfamily:
Cryptoniscoidea
Family:
Cyproniscidae

Giard and Bonnier, 1887
Genera

see text

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]

The family contains these genera and species:[3]

  • Kossmann, 1884
    • Stebbing, 1901
    • (G.O. Sars, 1883)
    • Menzies & George, 1972
    • Menzies & George, 1972
    • Menzies & George, 1972
  • Schultz, 1977
    • Rybakov, 1998
    • (Shiino, 1942)
    • 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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