Gnathiidae

Gnathiidae sunt familia crustaceorum ordinis Isopodorum, quae in varissimis altitudinibus a zona litorali ad mare profundum reperiuntur. Adulti cum poriferis consociantur, vescique non possunt. Forma iuvenilis praniza appellatur, quae parasitus piscium maritimorum ad tempus est.

Mas (laeva), femina (dextra superiori), praniza (dextra inferiori)

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Animalia — Arthropoda

Subphylum : Crustacea 
Classis : Malacostraca 
Ordo : Isopoda 
Subordo : Cymothoida 
Familia : Gnathiidae 
Leach, 1814

   

Familia 182 species comprehendit, inter haec genera digestas:

• Afrignathia Hadfield & Smit, 2008
• Bathygnathia Dollfus, 1901
• Bythognathia Camp, 1988
• Caecognathia Dollfus, 1901
• Elaphognathia Monod, 1926
• Euneognathia Stebbing, 1893
• Gibbagnathia Cohen & Poore, 1994
• Gnathia Leach, 1814
• Monodgnathia Cohen & Poore, 1994
• Paragnathia Omer-Cooper & Omer-Cooper, 1916
• Tenerognathia Tanaka, 2005
• Thaumastognathia Monod, 1926

Bibliographia

• Brusca, Richard, Vania R. Coelho, et Stefano Taiti. 2001. Suborder Gnathiidae. Guide to the Coastal Marine Isopods of California. Tree of Life Web Project.
• Schotte, M., C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, et S. Taiti, eds. 2010. Gnathiidae. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species.
• Svavarsson, Jörundar. 2006. New species of Gnathiidae (Crustacea, Isopoda, Cymothoida) from seamounts off northern New Zealand. Zootaxa 1173:39–56. PDF.

Nexus externi

• Gnathiidae Australian Isopoda