Asconiscus
Asconiscus is a genus in the Asconiscidae family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida, containing a single genus and a single species,[1] Asconiscus simplex. The original description of the family was made by Bonnier in 1900.[2] A. simplex is a parasite of the shrimp-like crustacean, Boreomysis arctica.[3]
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| Order: | Isopoda |
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| Family: | Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
| Genus: | Asconiscus G. O. Sars, 1899 |
| Species: | A. simplex |
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| Asconiscus simplex G. O. Sars, 1899 | |
References
- World Register of Marine Species
- Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1–475, pls. 1–41.
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
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