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Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880

155729  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155729)

  1. Biota
  2. Animalia (Kingdom)
  3. Arthropoda (Phylum)
  4. Crustacea (Subphylum)
  5. Multicrustacea (Superclass)
  6. Malacostraca (Class)
  7. Eumalacostraca (Subclass)
  8. Peracarida (Superorder)
  9. Isopoda (Order)
  10. Epicaridea (Suborder)
  11. Cryptoniscoidea (Superfamily)
accepted
Superfamily
Cryptoniscina Kossmann, 1880 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling (emended to Cryptoniscoidea by...)  
emended to Cryptoniscoidea by Grygier, 1981

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  1. Family Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900
  2. Family Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
  3. Family Capitoniscidae Boyko & Williams, 2023
  4. Family Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900
  5. Family Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880
  6. Family Cumoechidae Boyko & Williams, 2023
  7. Family Cyproniscidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
  8. Family Dajidae G. O. Sars, 1883
  9. Family Entophilidae Richardson, 1903
  10. Family Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900
  11. Family Podasconidae Giard & Bonnier, 1895
  12. Family Stellatoniscidae Oanh & Boyko, 2020
  13. Family Cabiropsidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 accepted as Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling, emended to Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1889 by Sassaman, 1992)
  14. Family Fabidae Danforth, 1970 accepted as Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880 (unaccepted > unavailable name, manuscript name)
  15. Family Liriopsidae Bonnier, 1900 accepted as Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  16. Family Cryptoniscoidea incertae sedis (temporary name)
  17. Family Cryptothiridae G. O. Sars, 1883 (uncertain > taxon inquirendum)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880) Kossmann, R. (1880). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im auftrage der königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgeführten Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres. Zweite Hälfte.Erste Lieferung. III. Malacostraca (2. Theil). Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 67-140; pls. 4-15. [details] OpenAccess publication
Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=155729 on 2025-07-15
Date
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2005-05-02 12:40:44Z
created
Cuvelier, Daphne
2008-01-31 17:05:46Z
changed
Haskins, Tina
2013-12-04 19:00:50Z
checked
Boyko, Christopher B.
2013-12-18 15:51:57Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.
2024-03-02 02:56:43Z
changed
Boyko, Christopher B.

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Nomenclature

original description (of Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880) Kossmann, R. (1880). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im auftrage der königlichen Academie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgeführten Reise in die Küstengebiete des Rothen Meeres. Zweite Hälfte.Erste Lieferung. III. Malacostraca (2. Theil). Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, pp. 67-140; pls. 4-15. [details] OpenAccess publication

basis of record Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Taxonomy

status source Grygier, M.J. (1981). <i>Gorgoniscus incisodactylus</i>, a new isopod of the epicaridean superfamily Cryptoniscoidea, parasitic on an ascothoracican cirriped from Hawaii. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 91(1): 122-134.
note: emendation of Cryptoniscina to Cryptoniscoidea [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

Other

additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

 
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