| Cryptoniscidae | |
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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: | Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880 |
| Genera | |
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The Cryptoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Kossmann in 1880.1 Liriopsidae is a junior synonym.2 Members of this family are hyperparasites of rhizocephalid barnacles which are themselves parasites of decapod crustaceans. The morphology of the adult females gives little clue as to their true identity, but the free-living larvae show their true taxonomic affiliations.3
Genera
The family contains these genera:2
- Avada Boyoko, 2014
- Cabirnalia Boyko & van der Meij, 2018
- Cryptoniscus F. Müller, 1864
- Danalia Giard, 1887
- Enthylacus Pérez, 1920
- Eumetor Kossmann, 1872
- Liriopsis Schultze in Müller, 1859
- Zeuxokoma Grygier, 1993
References
References
- Kossmann, R. (1880) Malacostraca (2. Theil, Anomura, Macrura, Schizopoda, Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Laemodipoda, Amphipoda). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im Auftrage der Koniglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgefuhrten Reise in die Kuestengebiete des Rothen Meeres, zweite Halfte, erste Lieferung: 67-140
- Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species.
- "Virginia Institute of Marine Science". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2011-07-21.