Cymothoida is the name of a suborder of

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 group ...

s with a mostly

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parasitic Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some harm, and is adapted structurally to this way of life. The entomologist E. O. Wilson has c ...

lifestyle. It contains more than 2,700 described species in four superfamilies. Members of the suborder are characterised by their specialised mouthparts which include a

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with a tooth-like process which is adapted for cutting or slicing.

Classification

Cymothoida contains these superfamilies and families: *Superfamily Anthuroidea Leach, 1814 ** Antheluridae Poore & Lew Ton, 1988 ** Anthuridae Leach, 1814 ** Expanathuridae Poore, 2001 ** Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981 ** Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001 ** Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968 *Superfamily Cymothooidea Leach, 1814 **

Aegidae The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasite Parasitism is a close relationship between species, where one organism, the parasite, lives on or inside another organism, the host, causing it some har ...

White, 1850 **

Anuropidae ''Anuropus'' is a genus of isopods in the suborder Cymothoida. , it is the only genus in the family Anuropidae. Taxonomic history The genus ''Anuropus'' was first circumscribed by the English zoologist Frank Evers Beddard in 1886. His new genu ...

Stebbing, 1893 ** Barybrotidae Hansen, 1890 **

Cirolanidae The Cirolanidae are a family of isopod crustaceans, including these genera: *'' Aatolana'' Bruce, 1993 *''Annina'' Budde-Lund, 1908 *'' Antrolana'' Bowman, 1964 *'' Aphantolana'' Moore & Brusca, 2003 *'' Arubolana'' Botosaneanu & Stock, 1979 *' ...

Dana, 1852 ** Corallanidae Hansen, 1890 ** Cymothoidae Leach, 1818 **

Gnathiidae The Gnathiidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. They occur in a wide range of depths, from the littoral zone to the deep sea. The adults are associated with sponges and may not feed. The juvenile form is known as a 'praniza', and it is a tem ...

Leach, 1814 ** Protognathiidae Wägele & Brandt, 1988 ** Tridentellidae Bruce, 1984 *Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880 **

Asconiscidae ''Asconiscus'' is a genus in the Asconiscidae family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida, containing a single genus and a single species In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank ...

Bonnier, 1900 **

Cabiropidae The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods Isopoda is an order of crus ...

Giard & Bonnier, 1887 ** Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900 **

Cryptoniscidae The Cryptoniscidae are a family (biology), family of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Kossmann in 1880. "Liriopsidae" is a junior synonym. Members of this family are hyperparasites of Rh ...

Kossmann, 1880 **

Cyproniscidae The Cyproniscidae are a family (biology), family of marine Isopoda, isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are Parasitism, parasitic on other isopods. The famil ...

Bonnier, 1900 ** Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900 ** Podasconidae Bonnier, 1900 *Superfamily

Bopyroidea Epicaridea is a former suborder of isopods, now treated as an infraorder in suborder Cymothoida. They are ectoparasites that inhabit other crustaceans, namely ostracods, copepods, barnacles and malacostracans. Epicarideans are found globally ...

Rafinesque, 1815 ** Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815 ** Colypuridae Richardson, 1905 **

Dajidae The Dajidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. Members of this family are ectoparasites of krill. They resemble a fleshy growth on the krill's bac ...

Giard & Bonnier, 1887 **

Entoniscidae The Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomura Anomura (sometimes Anomala) is a group of decapod crustaceans, including hermit crabs an ...

Kossmann, 1881 ** Rhabdochiridae Richardson, 1905

References

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