Biology:Asconiscus
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Short description: Genus of crustaceans
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Superorder: | Peracarida |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
| Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
| Family: | Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
| Genus: | Asconiscus G. O. Sars, 1899 |
| Species: | A. simplex
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| Binomial name | |
| Asconiscus simplex G. O. Sars, 1899
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Asconiscus is a genus in the Asconiscidae family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida, containing a single genus and a single species,[1] Asconiscus simplex. The original description of the family was made by Bonnier in 1900.[2] A. simplex is a parasite of the shrimp-like crustacean, Boreomysis arctica.[3]
References
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species
- ↑ 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
Wikidata ☰ Q1875728 entry
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