Asconiscus

Asconiscus is a genus in the Asconiscidae family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida, containing a single genus and a single species,^[1] Asconiscus simplex. The original description of the family was made by Bonnier in 1900.^[2] A. simplex is a parasite of the shrimp-like crustacean, Boreomysis arctica.^[3]

Asconiscus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Cymothoida
Infraorder:	Epicaridea
Superfamily:	Cryptoniscoidea
Family:	Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900
Genus:	Asconiscus G. O. Sars, 1899
Species:	A. simplex
Binomial name
Asconiscus simplex G. O. Sars, 1899