Hemioniscidae

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Kingdom Animalia Subphylum Crustacea Order Isopoda Rank Family		Phylum Arthropoda Class Malacostraca Suborder Cymothoida
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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. Members of this family are parasitic on cirripede barnacles.

The family contains these genera and species:

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

References

Hemioniscidae Wikipedia

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