Cyproniscidae

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Superclassis: Multicrustacea
Classis: Malacostraca
Subclassis: Eumalacostraca
Superordo: Peracarida
Ordo: Isopoda
Cladus: Scutocoxifera
Subordo: Cymothoida
Superfamilia: Cryptoniscoidea
Familia: Cyproniscidae
Genera: Cyproniscus - Onisocryptus

The Cyproniscidae 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 other isopods.[2]

The family contains these genera and species:[3]

Cyproniscus Kossmann, 1884
Cyproniscus crossophori Stebbing, 1901
Cyproniscus cypridinae (G.O. Sars, 1883)
Cyproniscus decemspinosus Menzies & George, 1972
Cyproniscus octospinosus Menzies & George, 1972
Cyproniscus peruvicus Menzies & George, 1972
Onisocryptus Schultz, 1977
Onisocryptus kurilensis Rybakov, 1998
Onisocryptus ovalis (Shiino, 1942)
Onisocryptus sagittus Schultz, 1977

References

Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272.
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
World Register of Marine Species