Asconiscus Explained

Asconiscus is a genus in the Asconiscidae family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida, containing a single genus and a single species,[1] Asconiscus simplex. The original description of the family was made by Bonnier in 1900.[2] A. simplex is a parasite of the shrimp-like crustacean, Boreomysis arctica.[3]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=146511 World Register of Marine Species
  2. Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1–475, pls. 1–41.
  3. http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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