Podasconidae

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: Podasconidae
Genera: Parapodascon - Podascon

The Podasconidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895.[1] Members of this family are parasitic on amphipods.[2]

The family contains these genera and species:[3]

Parapodascon Hansen, 1916

P. stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier, 1895)

Podascon Giard & Bonnier, 1889

P. chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1895
P. dellavallei Giard & Bonnier, 1889
P. haploopis Giard & Bonnier, 1895
P. chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1893 (nomen nudum)

References

Giard, A. and J. Bonnier (1895). Contributions a l'étude des épicarides. XX. Sur les épicarides parasites des arthrostracés et sur quelques copépodes symbiotes de ces épicarides. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 25(2): 417-493, pls. 5-13.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
World Register of Marine Species