Entoniscidae

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
Cladus: Pancrustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Bopyroidea

Familia: Entoniscidae
Genera: Achelion - Cancrion - Diogenion - Entione - Entionella - Entoniscoides - Entoniscus - Grapsion - Micippion - Paguritherium - Pinnotherion - Portunion - Priapion - Synalpheion - Tiarinion - Xanthion

The Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida.[2] Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, living in their hosts' haemocoel. A small chitinised hole develops through the host's exoskeleton through which the isopod can communicate with the environment. The female isopod bears little resemblance to any free-living isopod, but the morphology of the larvae show their taxonomic affiliations.[3]
Genera

Achelion Hartnoll, 1966
Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
Diogenion Codreanu, Codreanu & Pike, 1960
Entione Kossmann, 1881
Entionella Miyashita, 1941
Entoniscoides Miyashita, 1940
Entoniscus Müller, 1862
Grapsion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
Micippion Shiino, 1942
Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945
Pinnotherion Giard & Bonnier, 1889
Portunion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
Priapion Giard & Bonnier, 1888
Synalpheion Coutière, 1908
Tiarinion Shiino, 1942
Xanthion Shiino, 1942

References

R. Kossmann (1882). "The Entoniscidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5th series. 10 (56): 81–99. doi:10.1080/00222938209459679. Translated by W. S. Dallas from R. Kossmann (1882). "Die Entonisciden". Mitteilungen aus der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 3 (1–2): 149–169.
Chris Boyko & Marilyn Schotte (2011). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Entoniscidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
Jeffrey Shields. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved August 18, 2011.