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Aegidae
Sign in to saveThe Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal. They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked. The family was first described by Adam White in 1850.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyAegidae
Aegidae són una família de crustacis isòpodes. Els adults són paràsits temporals de peixos, que s'alimenten de la sang dels seus hostes abans de deixar-los per digerir el menjar.[1] Es diferencien dels membres de la família Cirolanidae amb que tan sols tenen tres parells de pereiòpodes tipus ganxo, mentre que els Cirolanidae tenen set parells de pereiòpodes tipus ganxo.[2] La família conté els següents gèneres:[3] Aega Leach, 1815 Aegapheles Bruce, 2009 Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885 Alitropus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 Epulaega Bruce, 2009 Rocinela Leach, 1818 Syscenus Harger, 1880 Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909 Referències ↑ Richard C. Brusca, Vánia R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti. «Isopoda». A: The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon. 4th. University of California Press, 2007, p. 503–542. ISBN 9780520239395. ↑ Roger Tory Peterson; Kenneth L. Gosner A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. 24. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1999, p. 225. ISBN 9780618002092. ↑ «Aegidae» (en anglès). WoRMS. Marinespecies, 2014.
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The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal. They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked. The family was first described by Adam White in 1850.
The family contains the following genera: Aega Leach, 1815 Aegapheles Bruce, 2009 Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885 Alitropus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 Epulaega Bruce, 2009 Rocinela Leach, 1818 Syscenus Harger, 1880 Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909
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