Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Multicrustacea > Class Malacostraca > Subclass Eumalacostraca > Superorder Peracarida > Order Isopoda > Suborder Epicaridea

Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880

Rank: Superfamily
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900
Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900
Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880
Dajidae G. O. Sars, 1883
Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900

Literature

basis of record	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics. 17: 893-923.
status source	Grygier, M.J. (1981). Gorgoniscus incisodactylus, a new isopod of the epicaridean superfamily Cryptoniscoidea, parasitic on an ascothoracican cirriped from Hawaii. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. 91(1): 122-134.

Genbank

Citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:155729