Cabiropidae
Sign in to saveThe Cabiropidae are 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.
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- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyCabiropidae
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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. 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 these genera: 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