Cabiropidae Explained

The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.^[1] Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.^[2]

The family contains these genera:^[3]

• 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

Notes and References

1. Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272.
2. Web site: Virginia Institute of Marine Science . 2011-07-21 . 2019-01-05 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043313/http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php . dead .
3. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248282 World Register of Marine Species