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Hemioniscidae

Family of crustaceans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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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]

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The family contains these genera and species:[3]

  • Hemioniscus Buchholz, 1866
  • 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
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