Entoniscidae
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| Entoniscidae | |
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| File:Hemigrapsus nudus from Coos Bay, Oregon, with carapace removed to show the entoniscid Portunion conformis - journal.pone.0035350.g001-F.png | |
| Portunion conformis (black pointer) within the body cavity of the crab Hemigrapsus nudus | |
| Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
| Superfamily: | Bopyroidea |
| Family: | Entoniscidae Kossmann, 1881[1] |
| Genera | |
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The Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida.[2] Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, living in their hosts' haemocoel. A small chitinised hole develops through the host's exoskeleton through which the isopod can communicate with the environment. The female isopod bears little resemblance to any free-living isopod, but the morphology of the larvae show their taxonomic affiliations.[3]
Genera
[edit | edit source]- Achelion Hartnoll, 1966
- Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
- Diogenion Codreanu, Codreanu & Pike, 1960
- Entione Kossmann, 1881
- Entionella Miyashita, 1941
- Entoniscoides Miyashita, 1940
- Entoniscus Müller, 1862
- Grapsion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
- Micippion Shiino, 1942
- Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945
- Pinnotherion Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- Portunion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
- Priapion Giard & Bonnier, 1888
- Synalpheion Coutière, 1908
- Tiarinion Shiino, 1942
- Xanthion Shiino, 1942
References
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