Cabiropidae
| Cabiropidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
| Family: | Cabiropidae Giard and Bonnier, 1887 |
| Genera | |
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The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.[1] Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.[2]
The family contains these genera:[3]
- Aegoniscus Barnard, 1925
- Ancyroniscus Caullery & Mesnil, 1919
- Arcturocheres Hansen, 1916
- Astacilloechus Hansen, 1916
- Bourdonia Rybakov, 1990
- Cabirops Kossmann, 1884
- Cirolanoniscus Pillai, 1966
- Cironiscus Nielsen, 1967
- Clypeoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Gnomoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Munnoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Podoniscus Bourdon, 1981
- Seroloniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
References
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species
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