Dajidae
| Dajidae | |
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| Aspidophryxus peltatus female infested mysid Erythrops | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Superfamily: | Bopyroidea |
| Family: | Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887 |
| Genera | |
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The Dajidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida.[1] The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.[2] Members of this family are ectoparasites of krill. They resemble a fleshy growth on the krill's back, and make the host look as if it is wearing a rucksack.[3] These genera are included in the family Dajidae:[1]
- Allophryxus Koehler, 1911
- Antephyra Schultz, 1978
- Arthrophryxus Richardson, 1908
- Aspidophryxus G. O. Sars, 1883
- Branchiophryxus Caullery, 1897
- Colophryxus Richardson, 1908
- Dajus Krøyer, 1846
- Dolichophryxus Schultz, 1977
- Heterophryxus G. O. Sars, 1885
- Holophryxus Richardson, 1905
- Notophryxus G. O. Sars, 1883
- Oculophryxus Shields & Gómez-Gutiérrez, 1996
- Paradajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
- Paraspidophryxus Schultz, 1977
- Prodajus Bonnier, 1903
- Prophryxus Richardson, 1909
- Streptodajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
- Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903
References
- 1 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. "Dajidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
- ↑ Alfred Giard & Jules Bonnier (1887). "Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens". Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux. 5: 1–272.
- ↑ Jeffrey Shields. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved January 31, 2012.
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