Dajidae

Dajidae
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. 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.
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Jeffrey Shields. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Retrieved January 31, 2012.


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