{{Short description|Family of crustaceans}} {{automatic taxobox | display_parents = 3 | taxon = Podasconidae | authority = Giard and Bonnier, 1895 | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = see text }}
The '''Podasconidae ''' are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895.<ref>Giard, A. and J. Bonnier (1895). Contributions a l'étude des épicarides. XX. Sur les épicarides parasites des arthrostracés et sur quelques copépodes symbiotes de ces épicarides. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique 25(2): 417-493, pls. 5-13.</ref> Members of this family are parasitic on amphipods.<ref>[http://www.vims.edu/research/departments/eaah/programs/crustacean/research/parasitic_isopods/index.php Virginia Institute of Marine Science]</ref>
The family contains these genera and species:<ref name=WoRMS>[http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=292932 World Register of Marine Species]</ref>
*''Parapodascon''<small> Hansen, 1916</small> :*''Parapodascon stebbingi''<small> (Giard & Bonnier, 1895)</small> *''Podascon''<small> Giard & Bonnier, 1889</small> :*''Podascon chevreuxi''<small> Giard & Bonnier, 1895</small> :*''Podascon dellavallei''<small> Giard & Bonnier, 1889</small> :*''Podascon haploopis''<small> Giard & Bonnier, 1895</small> :*''Podascon chevreuxi''<small> Giard & Bonnier, 1893 (nomen nudum)</small>
==References== {{Reflist}}
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