{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{automatic taxobox | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Crinoniscidae | authority = Bonnier, 1900 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }}
The '''Crinoniscidae''' are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.<ref>Bonnier, J. (1900). Contribution a l'étude des épicarides. Les Bopyridae. Travaux de la Station Zoologique de Wimereux 8: 1-475, pls. 1-41.</ref> Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans. ''Crinoniscus equitans'' is parasitic on the barnacle, ''Balanus perforatus''.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |title=Virginia Institute of Marine Science |access-date=2011-07-21 |archive-date=2019-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105043313/http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The family contains these genera and species:<ref>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292812 World Register of Marine Species]</ref>
*''Crinoniscus''<small> Perez, 1900</small> **''Crinoniscus cephalatus''<small> Hosie, 2008</small> **''Crinoniscus equitans''<small> Perez, 1900</small> **''Crinoniscus politosummus''<small> Hosie, 2008</small> *''Proteolepas''<small> Darwin, 1854</small> **''Proteolepas bivincta''<small> Darwin, 1854</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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Category:Epicaridea Category:Isopod families
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