Cumoniscidae is a
family of
crustaceans in the
class Tantulocarida, classified under the
superclass Multicrustacea
The clade Multicrustacea constitutes the largest superclass of crustaceans, containing approximately four-fifths of all described crustacean species, including crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill, prawns, woodlice, barnacles, copepods, amp ...
.
The family was previously known as Deoterthridae, but Cumoniscidae was determined to be senior subjective synonym.
The family contains the following genera:
*''
Amphitantulus''
Boxshall & Vader, 1993
*''
Aphotocentor''
Huys, 1991
*''
Arcticotantulus''
Kornev, Tchesunov & Rybnikov, 2004
*''
Boreotantulus''
Huys & Boxshall, 1988
*''
Campyloxiphos''
Huys, 1991
*''
Coralliotantulus''
Huys, 1991
*''
Cumoniscus''
Bonnier, 1903
*''
Deoterthron''
Bradford & Hewitt, 1980
*''
Dicrotrichura''
Huys, 1989
*''
Itoitantulus''
Huys, Ohtsuka Boxshall & Itô, 1992
*''
Tantulacus''
Huys, Andersen & Kristensen, 1992
The genus ''
Onceroxenus
''Onceroxenus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the monotypic family Onceroxenidae.
The species of this genus are found in Western Europe.
Species:
*''Onceroxenus birdi
''Onceroxenus'' is a genus of crustaceans belonging to the mono ...
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Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987 was previously place in this family but is now placed in the monotypic family
Onceroxenidae.
References
Maxillopoda
Crustacean families
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