| Podasconidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
| Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
| Family: | Podasconidae Giard and Bonnier, 1895 |
| Genera | |
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The Podasconidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895.1 Members of this family are parasitic on amphipods.2
The family contains these genera and species:3
- Parapodascon Hansen, 1916
- Parapodascon stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier, 1895)
- Podascon Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- Podascon chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Podascon dellavallei Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- Podascon haploopis Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Podascon chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1893 (nomen nudum)
References
References
- Giard, A. and J. Bonnier (1895). Contributions a l'étude des épicarides. XX. Sur les épicarides parasites des arthrostracés et sur quelques copépodes symbiotes de ces épicarides. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 25(2): 417-493, pls. 5-13.
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- World Register of Marine Species