Cabiropidae
Encyclopedia
Cabiropidae is a family
of isopod
crustacean
s in the suborder Cymothoida
. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of the family are hyperparasite
s of other parasitic isopods
in the order and some are parasites on other free living isopods.
The family contains the following genera
:
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
of isopod
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s in the suborder Cymothoida
Cymothoida
Cymothoida is a suborder of isopod crustaceans. It contains the following superfamilies and families:*Superfamily Anthuroidea**Antheluridae**Anthuridae**Expanathuridae**Hyssuridae**Leptanthuridae**Paranthuridae*Superfamily Cymothooidea**Aegidae...
. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of the family are hyperparasite
Hyperparasite
A hyperparasite is a parasite whose host is a parasite. This form of parasitism is especially common among entomophagous parasites....
s of other parasitic isopods
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
in the order and some are parasites on other free living isopods.
The family contains the following genera
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
:
- Aegoniscus Barnard, 1925
- Ancyroniscus Caullery & Mesnil, 1919
- Arcturocheres Hansen, 1916
- Astacilloechus Hansen, 1916
- Bourdonia Rybakov, 1990
- Cabirops Kossmann, 1884
- Cirolanoniscus Pillai, 1966
- Cironiscus Nielsen, 1967
- Clypeoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Gnomoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Munnoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- Podoniscus Bourdon, 1981
- Seroloniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895