The Crinoniscidae are a

family Family (from la, familia) is a group of people related either by consanguinity (by recognized birth) or affinity (by marriage or other relationship). The purpose of the family is to maintain the well-being of its members and of society. Idea ...

isopod Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an ...

crustacean Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean gro ...

s in the suborder

Cymothoida Cymothoida is the name of a suborder of isopod crustaceans with a mostly carnivorous or parasitic lifestyle. It contains more than 2,700 described species in four superfamilies. Members of the suborder are characterised by their specialised mout ...

. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans. '' Crinoniscus equitans'' is parasitic on the barnacle, '' Balanus perforatus''. The family contains these

genera Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial ...

and

species In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...

:World Register of Marine Species
/ref> *'' Crinoniscus'' Perez, 1900 **'' Crinoniscus cephalatus'' Hosie, 2008 **'' Crinoniscus equitans'' Perez, 1900 **'' Crinoniscus politosummus'' Hosie, 2008 *'' Proteolepas'' Darwin, 1854 **'' Proteolepas bivincta'' Darwin, 1854

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Cymothoida Crustacean families {{Isopod-stub