Podasconidae
| Podasconidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
| Family: | Podasconidae Giard and Bonnier, 1895 |
| Genera | |
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The Podasconidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895.[1] Members of this family are parasitic on amphipods.[2]
The family contains these genera and species:[3]
- Parapodascon Hansen, 1916
- P. stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier, 1895)
- Podascon Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- P. chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- P. dellavallei Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- P. haploopis Giard & Bonnier, 1895
- P. chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier, 1893 (nomen nudum)
References
- ↑ Giard, A. and J. Bonnier (1895). Contributions a l'étude des épicarides. XX. Sur les épicarides parasites des arthrostracés et sur quelques copépodes symbiotes de ces épicarides. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 25(2): 417-493, pls. 5-13.
- ↑ Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- ↑ World Register of Marine Species
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