Cyproniscidae Explained

The Cyproniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.^[1] Members of this family are parasitic on other isopods.^[2]

The family contains these genera and species:^[3]

• Cyproniscus Kossmann, 1884
  • Cyproniscus crossophori Stebbing, 1901
  • Cyproniscus cypridinae (G.O. Sars, 1883)
  • Cyproniscus decemspinosus Menzies & George, 1972
  • Cyproniscus octospinosus Menzies & George, 1972
  • Cyproniscus peruvicus Menzies & George, 1972
• Onisocryptus Schultz, 1977
  • Onisocryptus kurilensis Rybakov, 1998
  • Onisocryptus ovalis (Shiino, 1942)
  • Onisocryptus sagittus Schultz, 1977

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=248296 World Register of Marine Species