Cabiropidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Superorder: Peracarida
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Infraorder: Epicaridea
Superfamily: Cryptoniscoidea
Family: Cabiropidae
Giard and Bonnier, 1887
Genera

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The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.[1] Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.[2]

The family contains these genera:[3]

  • 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

References

  1. โ†‘ Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272.
  2. โ†‘ "Virginia Institute of Marine Science". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
  3. โ†‘ World Register of Marine Species


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