Cabiropidae: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Malacostraca
Order
Isopoda
Family
Cabiropidae
Genus
Species
Scientific Name
Cabiropidae

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Cabiropidae

The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.

The family contains these genera:

  • 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
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