{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{automatic taxobox | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Cryptoniscidae | authority = Kossmann, 1880 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }}
The '''Cryptoniscidae''' are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Kossmann in 1880.<ref>Kossmann, R. (1880) Malacostraca (2. Theil, Anomura, Macrura, Schizopoda, Stomatopoda, Isopoda, Laemodipoda, Amphipoda). Zoologische Ergebnisse einer im Auftrage der Koniglich Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin ausgefuhrten Reise in die Kuestengebiete des Rothen Meeres, zweite Halfte, erste Lieferung: 67-140</ref> ''Liriopsidae'' is a junior synonym.<ref name=":0">{{Cite WoRMS|title=Cryptoniscidae Kossmann, 1880|id=146881|db=isopoda}}</ref> Members of this family are hyperparasites of rhizocephalid barnacles which are themselves parasites of decapod crustaceans. The morphology of the adult females gives little clue as to their true identity, but the free-living larvae show their true taxonomic affiliations.<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>
== Genera == [[File:Alpheus sp. aff. paracrinitus from Fiji with Faba sp. - journal.pone.0035350.g001-H.png|thumb|right|''Alpheus'' sp. from Fiji with ''Faba'' sp. (Cryptoniscidae) attached to ventral surface]] The family contains these genera:<ref name=":0" /> *Avada <small>Boyoko, 2014</small> *Cabirnalia <small>Boyko & van der Meij, 2018</small> *''Cryptoniscus''<small> F. Müller, 1864</small> *''Danalia''<small> Giard, 1887</small> *''Enthylacus''<small> Pérez, 1920</small> *''Eumetor''<small> Kossmann, 1872</small> *''Liriopsis''<small> Schultze in Müller, 1859</small> *''Zeuxokoma''<small> Grygier, 1993</small>
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Category:Epicaridea Category:Isopod families Category:Hyperparasites
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