Aegidae
| Aegidae | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Subphylum: | Crustacea |
| Class: | Malacostraca |
| Order: | Isopoda |
| Suborder: | Cymothoida |
| Family: | Aegidae White, 1850 |
The Aegidae are a family of isopod crustaceans. The adults are temporary parasites of fish, feeding on their hosts' blood before dropping off to digest the meal.[1] They differ from members of the family Cirolanidae in having only three pairs of hook-like pereiopods, whereas in Cirolanidae all seven pairs of pereiopods are hooked.[2] The family contains the following genera:[3]
- Aega Leach, 1815
- Aegapheles Bruce, 2009
- Aegiochus Bovallius, 1885
- Alitropus H. Milne-Edwards, 1840
- Epulaega Bruce, 2009
- Rocinela Leach, 1818
- Syscenus Harger, 1880
- Xenuraega Tattersall, 1909
See also
References
- ↑ Richard C. Brusca, Vánia R. Coelho & Stefano Taiti (2007). "Isopoda". In Sol Felty Light, James T. Carlton. The Light and Smith Manual: Intertidal Invertebrates from Central California to Oregon (4th ed.). University of California Press. pp. 503–542. ISBN 9780520239395.
- ↑ Roger Tory Peterson, Kenneth L. Gosner (1999). A Field Guide to the Atlantic Seashore: from the Bay of Fundy to Cape Hatteras. Peterson Field Guide 24. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 225. ISBN 9780618002092.
- ↑ WoRMS (2011). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Aegidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved January 12, 2012.