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Genus of crustaceans From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Malacostraca |
Order: | Isopoda |
Suborder: | Cymothoida |
Infraorder: | Epicaridea |
Superfamily: | Cryptoniscoidea |
Family: | Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900 |
Genus: | Asconiscus G. O. Sars, 1899 |
Species: | A. simplex |
Binomial name | |
Asconiscus simplex G. O. Sars, 1899 | |
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