Isopoda taxon details
Entoniscidae Kossmann, 1881
147118 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:147118)
accepted
Family
Entoniscus Müller, 1862 (type by original designation)
Entonisciden Kossmann, 1881 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (see ICZN Article 11.7.2)
- Subfamily Diogenioninae DeTorre, Williams & Boyko, 2023
- Subfamily Entioninae Codreanu, Codreanu & Pike, 1960
- Genus Achelion Hartnoll, 1966
- Genus Allocancrion Uyeno & Boyko, 2020
- Genus Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1887
- Genus Cryptocancrion Williams, Boyko, Tepolt & Blakeslee, 2023
- Genus Entione Kossmann, 1881
- Genus Entionella Miyashita, 1941
- Genus Micippion Shiino, 1942
- Genus Pinnixion McDermott, Williams & Boyko, 2019
- Genus Pinnotherion Giard & Bonnier, 1889
- Genus Portunion Giard & Bonnier, 1886
- Genus Priapion Giard & Bonnier, 1888
- Genus Tiarinion Shiino, 1942
- Genus Xanthion Shiino, 1942
- Genus Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1886 accepted as Cancrion Giard & Bonnier, 1887 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no available species unconditionally included)
- Genus Grapsion Giard & Bonnier, 1886 accepted as Entione Kossmann, 1881 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, same type species)
- Subfamily Entoniscinae Kossmann, 1881
- Genus Entoniscoides Miyashita, 1940
- Genus Entoniscus Müller, 1862
- Genus Paguritherium Reinhard, 1945
- Genus Synalpheion Coutière, 1908
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent only
(of Entonisciden Kossmann, 1881) Kossmann, R. (1881). Die entonisciden. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 3(1/2): 149-169, pls. 8, 9. [details] 
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. Entoniscidae Kossmann, 1881. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=147118 on 2026-08-02
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(of Entonisciden Kossmann, 1881) Kossmann, R. (1881). Die entonisciden. <em>Mittheilungen aus der Zoologischen Station zu Neapel.</em> 3(1/2): 149-169, pls. 8, 9. [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source 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
additional source Kossman [sic], R. (1882). The Entoniscidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th ser. 10(56): 81-99, pl. 9 (translated from the German by W.S. Dallas). [details]
basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
additional source 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
additional source Kossman [sic], R. (1882). The Entoniscidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, 5th ser. 10(56): 81-99, pl. 9 (translated from the German by W.S. Dallas). [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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