Biology:Cyproniscidae
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Short description: Family 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: | Cyproniscidae Giard and Bonnier, 1887 |
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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]
- 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
- ↑ 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". http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php.
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species
Wikidata ☰ Q3914460 entry
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