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]

Asconiscus simplex
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Asconiscidae

Bonnier, 1900
Genus:
Asconiscus

Species:
A. simplex
Binomial name
Asconiscus simplex

References

  1. World Register of Marine Species
  2. Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1–475, pls. 1–41.
  3. Virginia Institute of Marine Science


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