Cymothoida
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Cymothoida is a suborder of isopod
crustacean
s. It contains the following superfamilies and families:
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. It contains the following superfamilies and families:
- Superfamily Anthuroidea
- Antheluridae
- Anthuridae
- Expanathuridae
- Hyssuridae
- LeptanthuridaeLeptanthuridaeLeptanthuridae is a family of isopod crustaceans, containing the following genera:*Accalathura Barnard, 1925*Aenigmathura Thomson, 1951*Albanthura Wägele, 1985*Bourbonanthura Müller, 1990*Bullowanthura Poore, 1978...
- Paranthuridae
- Superfamily Cymothooidea
- Aegidae
- Anuropidae
- Barybrotidae
- CirolanidaeCirolanidaeCirolanidae is a family of isopod crustaceans, including the following genera:*Aatolana Bruce, 1993*Annina Budde-Lund, 1908*Antrolana Bowman, 1964*Aphantolana Moore & Brusca, 2003*Arubolana Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979...
- Corallanidae
- CymothoidaeCymothoidaeCymothoidae is a family of isopods. Several species are parasites, usually of fish. These include the bizarre "tongue-biter", Cymothoa exigua.-Genera:Around forty genera are recognised *Aegathoa Dana, 1853...
- GnathiidaeGnathiidaeGnathiidae is a family of isopod crustaceans. They occur in a wide range of depths, from the littoral zone to the deep sea. The adults are associated with sponges and may not feed...
- Protognathiidae
- Tridentellidae
- Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
- Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900
- CabiropidaeCabiropidaeCabiropidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free living isopods.The family contains the...
Giard & Bonnier, 1887 - CrinoniscidaeCrinoniscidaeCrinoniscidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans...
Bonnier, 1900 - CryptoniscidaeCryptoniscidaeCryptoniscidae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Kossmann in 1880. Liriopsidae is a junior synonym. Members of this family are hyperparasites of rhizocephalid barnacles which are themselves parasites of decapod crustaceans...
Kossmann, 1880 - CyproniscidaeCyproniscidaeCyproniscidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are parasitic on other isopods.The family contains the following genera and species:...
Bonnier, 1900 - HemioniscidaeHemioniscidaeHemioniscidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are parasitic on cirripede barnacles.The family contains the following genera and species:...
Bonnier, 1900 - PodasconidaePodasconidaePodasconidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895...
Bonnier, 1900
- Superfamily Bopyroidea Rafinesque, 1815
- BopyridaeBopyridaeBopyridae is a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. Members of the family are ectoparasites of crabs and shrimps. They live in the gill cavities or on the carapace where they cause a noticeable swelling...
Rafinesque, 1815 - Colypuridae
- DajidaeDajidaeDajidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.Members of this family are ectoparasites of krill...
Giard & Bonnier, 1887 - EntoniscidaeEntoniscidaeEntoniscidae is a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Robby Kossmann in 1881....
Kossmann, 1881 - Rhabdochiridae
- Bopyridae