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Entoniscidae

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Entoniscidae
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Suborder: Cymothoida
Infraorder: Epicaridea
Superfamily: Bopyroidea
Family: Entoniscidae
Kossmann, 1881[1]
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The Entoniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida.[2] Members of this family are parasites of brachyuran and anomuran crabs, living in their hosts' haemocoel. A small chitinised hole develops through the host's exoskeleton through which the isopod can communicate with the environment. The female isopod bears little resemblance to any free-living isopod, but the morphology of the larvae show their taxonomic affiliations.[3]

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References

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  1. ^ R. Kossmann (1882). "The Entoniscidae". Annals and Magazine of Natural History. 5th series. 10 (56): 81–99. doi:10.1080/00222938209459679. Translated by W. S. Dallas from R. Kossmann (1882). "Die Entonisciden". Mitteilungen aus der zoologischen Station zu Neapel. 3 (1–2): 149–169.
  2. ^ Chris Boyko & Marilyn Schotte (2011). M. Schotte; C. B. Boyko; N. L. Bruce; G. C. B. Poore; S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson (eds.). "Entoniscidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved August 18, 2011.
  3. ^ Jeffrey Shields. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved August 18, 2011.