Cryptoniscidae

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: Cryptoniscidae
Genera (7): Avada – Cabirnalia – Cryptoniscus – Danalia – Enthylacus – Eumetor – Liriopsis – Zeuxokoma
Name

Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880

Synonyms

Liriopsidae Bonnier, 1900
Fabidae Danforth, 1963

References
Primary references

Kossmann, R. 1880. Malacostraca, (2 Theil Anditura). In: Zoologische Ergebnisse einer Reise in die Küsten-Gebiete des Rothen Meeres. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. 2(1): 67–140.
Bonnier, J. 1900. Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1–475, pls. 1–41.
Danforth, C.G. 1963. Bopyridian (Crustacea, Isopoda) parasites found in the eastern Pacific of the United States. PhD Dissertation, Oregon State University.

Links

Cryptoniscidae in the World Register of Marine Species

The Cryptoniscidae are a family of 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]
Alpheus sp. from Fiji with Faba sp. (Cryptoniscidae) attached to ventral surface

The family contains these genera:[2]

Cryptoniscus F. Müller, 1864
Danalia Giard, 1887
Enthylacus Pérez, 1920
Eumetor Kossmann, 1872
Faba Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1930
Liriopsis Schultze in Müller, 1859
Perezina Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1930
Zeuxokoma Grygier, 1993

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
World Register of Marine Species
Virginia Institute of Marine Science