Aegidae
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Aegidae
White, 1850
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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
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