Hemioniscidae

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: Hemioniscidae
Genera (3): Hemioniscus – Leponiscus – Scalpelloniscus
Name
Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900

The Hemioniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.[1] Members of this family are parasitic on cirripede barnacles.[2]

The family contains these genera and species:[3]

Hemioniscus Buchholz, 1866

Hemioniscus balani Buchholtz, 1866
Hemioniscus pagurophilus Williams & Boyko, 2006

Leponiscus Giard, 1887

Leponiscus alepadis Gruvel, 1901
Leponiscus anatifae Giard, 1887
Leponiscus pollicipedis Giard, 1887

Scalpelloniscus Grygier, 1981

Scalpelloniscus binoculis (Menzies & George, 1972)
Scalpelloniscus nieli Hosie, 2008
Scalpelloniscus penicillatus Grygier, 1981
Scalpelloniscus vomicus Hosie, 2008

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