Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cymothooidea
Familia: Aegidae
Genera (8): Aega – Aegapheles – Aegiochus – Alitropus – Epulaega – Rocinela – Syscenus – Xenuraega
[source: WoRMS]
The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal.[1] They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked.[2] The family contains the following genera:[3]
Aega Leach, 1815
Aegapheles Bruce, 2009
Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885
Alitropus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
Epulaega Bruce, 2009
Rocinela Leach, 1818
Syscenus Harger, 1880
Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909
See also
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Aega psora
Aega antarctica
References
Richard C. Brusca, Vánia R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti (2007). "Isopoda". In Sol Felty Light; James T. Carlton (eds.). The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 503–542. ISBN 9780520239395.
Roger Tory Peterson; Kenneth L. Gosner (1999). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Peterson Field Guide. 24. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 225. ISBN 9780618002092.
Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD, eds. (2011). "Aegidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
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