Hemioniscidae Explained

The Hemioniscidae 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 cirripede barnacles.^[2]

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

• Hemioniscus Buchholz, 1866

• Hemioniscus balani Buchholtz, 1866

• Hemioniscus pagurophilus Williams & Boyko, 2006
• Leponiscus Giard, 1887

• Leponiscus alepadis Gruvel, 1901

• Leponiscus anatifae Giard, 1887

• Leponiscus pollicipedis Giard, 1887
• Scalpelloniscus Grygier, 1981

• Scalpelloniscus binoculis (Menzies & George, 1972)

• Scalpelloniscus nieli Hosie, 2008

• Scalpelloniscus penicillatus Grygier, 1981

• Scalpelloniscus vomicus Hosie, 2008

Notes and References

1. Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41.
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