| Crinoniscidae | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
| Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
| Family: | Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
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The Crinoniscidae are 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. Crinoniscus equitans is parasitic on the barnacle, Balanus perforatus.
The family contains these genera and species:
- Crinoniscus Perez, 1900
- Crinoniscus cephalatus Hosie, 2008
- Crinoniscus equitans Perez, 1900
- Crinoniscus politosummus Hosie, 2008
- Proteolepas Darwin, 1854
- Proteolepas bivincta Darwin, 1854
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". Archived from the original on 2019-01-05. Retrieved 2011-07-21.
- World Register of Marine Species
| Families of Epicaridea (Crustacea: Isopoda) | ||
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| Bopyroidea |  | |
| Cryptoniscoidea | ||
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Crinoniscidae | |
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