Hemioniscidae
Family of crustaceans
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Cymothoida |
Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
Family: | Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
Genera | |
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The Hemioniscidae 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 cirripede barnacles.[2]
The family contains these genera and species:[3]
- Hemioniscus Buchholz, 1866
- Hemioniscus balani Buchholtz, 1866
- Hemioniscus pagurophilus Williams & Boyko, 2006
- Leponiscus Giard, 1887
- Leponiscus alepadis Gruvel, 1901
- Leponiscus anatifae Giard, 1887
- Leponiscus pollicipedis Giard, 1887
- Scalpelloniscus Grygier, 1981
- Scalpelloniscus binoculis (Menzies & George, 1972)
- Scalpelloniscus nieli Hosie, 2008
- Scalpelloniscus penicillatus Grygier, 1981
- Scalpelloniscus vomicus Hosie, 2008
References
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Families of Epicaridea (Crustacea: Isopoda)
- Bopyridae
- Dajidae
- Entoniscidae
- Asconiscidae
- Cabiropidae
- Crinoniscidae
- Cryptoniscidae
- Cyproniscidae
- Hemioniscidae
- Podasconidae
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