Crinoniscidae

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
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: Cryptoniscoidea

Familia: Crinoniscidae
Genera (2): Crinoniscus – Proteolepas
Name
Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900

The Crinoniscidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.[1] Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans. Crinoniscus equitans is parasitic on the barnacle, Balanus perforatus.[2]

The family contains these genera and species:[3]

Crinoniscus Perez, 1900
Crinoniscus cephalatus Hosie, 2008
Crinoniscus equitans Perez, 1900
Crinoniscus politosummus Hosie, 2008
Proteolepas Darwin, 1854
Proteolepas bivincta Darwin, 1854

References

Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
World Register of Marine Species