Cymothoida

Cymothoida
File:Eurydice pulchra.jpg
Eurydice pulchra (Cirolanidae)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Subphylum:	Crustacea
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Cymothoida Wägele, 1989
Suborders
Anthuroidea Bopyroidea Cymothooidea Cryptoniscoidea

Cymothoida is the name of a suborder of isopod crustaceans with a mostly carnivorous or parasitic lifestyle. It contains more than 2,700 described species in four superfamilies. Members of the suborder are characterised by their specialised mouthparts which include a mandible with a tooth-like process which is adapted for cutting or slicing.

Classification

Cymoithoida contains these superfamilies and families:

• Superfamily Anthuroidea Leach, 1814
  • Antheluridae Poore & Lew Ton, 1988
  • Anthuridae Leach, 1814
  • Expanathuridae Poore, 2001
  • Hyssuridae Wägele, 1981
  • Leptanthuridae Poore, 2001
  • Paranthuridae Menzies & Glynn, 1968

• Superfamily Cymothooidea Leach, 1814
  • Aegidae White, 1850
  • Anuropidae Stebbing, 1893
  • Barybrotidae Hansen, 1890
  • Cirolanidae Dana, 1852
  • Corallanidae Hansen, 1890
  • Cymothoidae Leach, 1818
  • Gnathiidae Leach, 1814
  • Protognathiidae Wägele & Brandt, 1988
  • Tridentellidae Bruce, 1984

• Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
  • Asconiscidae Bonnier, 1900
  • Cabiropidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
  • Crinoniscidae Bonnier, 1900
  • Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880
  • Cyproniscidae Bonnier, 1900
  • Hemioniscidae Bonnier, 1900
  • Podasconidae Bonnier, 1900

• Superfamily Bopyroidea Rafinesque, 1815
  • Bopyridae Rafinesque, 1815
  • Colypuridae Richardson, 1905
  • Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
  • Entoniscidae Kossmann, 1881
  • Rhabdochiridae Richardson, 1905