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Entoniscidae
Sign in to saveThe Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, living in their hosts' haemocoel. A small chitinised hole develops through the host's exoskeleton through which the isopod can communicate with the environment. The female isopod bears little resemblance to any free-living isopod, but the morphology of the larvae show their taxonomic affiliations.
Species
カニヤドリムシ科
FAMILY
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumArthropoda
- ClassMalacostraca
- OrderIsopoda
- FamilyEntoniscidae
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- Entoniscidae
- Collections
- USNM, TMAG
- Recorded in
- United States, Australia, South Korea
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The Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, living in their hosts' haemocoel. A small chitinised hole develops through the host's exoskeleton through which the isopod can communicate with the environment. The female isopod bears little resemblance to any free-living isopod, but the morphology of the larvae show their taxonomic affiliations.
==Genera== Achelion Hartnoll, 1966 Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1886 Diogenion Codreanu, Codreanu & Pike, 1960 Entione Kossmann, 1881 Entionella Miyashita, 1941 Entoniscoides Miyashita, 1940 Entoniscus Müller, 1862 Grapsion Giard & Bonnier, 1886 Micippion Shiino, 1942 Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945 Pinnotherion Giard & Bonnier, 1889 Portunion Giard & Bonnier, 1886 Priapion Giard & Bonnier, 1888 Synalpheion Coutière, 1908 Tiarinion Shiino, 1942 Xanthion Shiino, 1942
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