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Podasconidae

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Family of crustaceans

Podasconidae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Infraorder: Epicaridea
Superfamily: Cryptoniscoidea
Family: Podasconidae
Giard and Bonnier, 1895
Genera

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

The family contains these genera and species:

  • Parapodascon stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier, 1895)

References

  1. 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.
  2. Virginia Institute of Marine Science
  3. World Register of Marine Species
Families of Epicaridea (Crustacea: Isopoda)
Bopyroidea
Cryptoniscoidea
Taxon identifiers
Podasconidae


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