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Taxonomy of Superfamily Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880


Class
 		Malacostraca
Latreille, 1802
Higher Crustaceans, Malacostracans		1033
12148
92586		Families
Genera
Species

Subclass
 		Eumalacostraca
Grobben, 1892
995
11546
91261		Families
Genera
Species

Superorder
 		Peracarida
Calman, 1904
562
6179
46428		Families
Genera
Species

Order
 		Isopoda
Latreille, 1817
And Woodlice, Freshwater Isopods, Indet. Woodlouse, Isopod		189
2478
21445		Families
Genera
Species

Suborder
 		Cymothoida
Wägele, 1989
32
618
4605		Families
Genera
Species

Superfamily
 		Cryptoniscoidea
Kossmann, 1880
13
149
1567		Families
Genera
Species
Subnodes of Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
FamilyAegidae
White, 1850
14
272		Genera
Species
FamilyAnuropidae
Stebbing, 1893
1
10		Genus
Species
FamilyBarybrotidae
Hansen, 1890
1
2		Genus
Species
FamilyCapitoniscidae
Boyko & Williams, 2023
2
4		Genera
Species
FamilyCorallanidae
Nunomura, 2006
12
121		Genera
Species
FamilyCryptoniscidae
Kossmann, 1880
15
60		Genera
Species
FamilyCumoechidae
Boyko & Williams, 2023
1
1		Genus
Species
FamilyCymothoidae
Leach, 1818
Fish Doctors, Tongue Biters		75
672		Genera
Species
FamilyGastrodoridae
van Bakel, Fraaije, Jagt & Artal, 2008
1
1		Genus
Species
FamilyGnathiidae
Leach, 1814
21
391		Genera
Species
FamilyProtognathiidae
Wägele & Brandt, 1988
1
2		Genus
Species
FamilyStellatoniscidae
Oanh & Boyko, 2020
1
2		Genus
Species
FamilyTridentellidae
Bruce, 1984
2
28		Genera
Species
GenusChimaeroniscus
Williams, Boyko & Moritaki, 2022
1Species
GenusThermaloniscus
Bourdon, 1983
0Species


Distribution and Species lists of Cryptoniscoidea Kossmann, 1880
#ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPRSTUVYZ
Albania
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAlgeria
3 Families  10 Genera  16 SpeciesAngola
2 Families  6 Genera  5 SpeciesAntigua and Barbuda
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesArgentina
5 Families  24 Genera  44 SpeciesAustralia
6 Families  44 Genera  260 SpeciesAustria
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBahamas
5 Families  13 Genera  21 SpeciesBangladesh
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBarbados
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesBelgium
3 Families  8 Genera  14 SpeciesBelize
5 Families  11 Genera  19 SpeciesBenin
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBhutan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBolivia
2 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesBosnia and Herzegovina
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBotswana
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBrazil
4 Families  30 Genera  84 SpeciesBrunei
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBulgaria
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBurkina Faso
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesCambodia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesCameroon
3 Families  4 Genera  2 SpeciesCanada
5 Families  14 Genera  33 SpeciesCape Verde
4 Families  9 Genera  10 SpeciesCentral African Republic
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChad
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesChile
6 Families  16 Genera  27 SpeciesChina
5 Families  19 Genera  38 SpeciesColombia
5 Families  18 Genera  40 SpeciesComoros
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesCosta Rica
4 Families  13 Genera  18 SpeciesCroatia
3 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesCuba
5 Families  18 Genera  37 SpeciesCyprus
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesCzech Republic
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesDemocratic Republic of the Congo
2 Families  3 Genera  6 SpeciesDenmark
4 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesDjibouti
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesDominica
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesDominican Republic
3 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesEast Timor
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesEcuador
5 Families  20 Genera  28 SpeciesEgypt
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesEl Salvador
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesEquatorial Guinea
4 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesEritrea
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesEstonia
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesEthiopia
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesFiji
4 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesFinland
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesFrance
5 Families  19 Genera  46 SpeciesGabon
3 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesGambia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesGeorgia
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesGermany
4 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesGhana
3 Families  5 Genera  7 SpeciesGreece
3 Families  10 Genera  24 SpeciesGrenada
3 Families  8 Genera  8 SpeciesGuatemala
2 Families  5 Genera  8 SpeciesGuinea
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesGuyana
3 Families  7 Genera  9 SpeciesHaiti
3 Families  9 Genera  11 SpeciesHonduras
2 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesIceland
3 Families  7 Genera  10 SpeciesIndia
4 Families  29 Genera  74 SpeciesIndonesia
7 Families  40 Genera  83 SpeciesIran
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesIraq
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIreland
4 Families  11 Genera  17 SpeciesIsrael
3 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesItaly
4 Families  26 Genera  63 SpeciesIvory Coast
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesJamaica
4 Families  10 Genera  17 SpeciesJapan
6 Families  34 Genera  128 SpeciesJordan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKazakhstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKenya
5 Families  12 Genera  20 SpeciesKiribati
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKuwait
2 Families  9 Genera  12 SpeciesKyrgyzstan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLaos
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLebanon
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLesotho
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesLiberia
2 Families  6 Genera  9 SpeciesLibya
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLuxembourg
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMadagascar
4 Families  15 Genera  27 SpeciesMalawi
3 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesMalaysia
5 Families  20 Genera  36 SpeciesMaldives
3 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesMalta
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesMarshall Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMauritania
1 Families  3 Genera  5 SpeciesMauritius
3 Families  13 Genera  17 SpeciesMexico
5 Families  26 Genera  67 SpeciesMicronesia
4 Families  14 Genera  29 SpeciesMonaco
1 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesMongolia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMorocco
3 Families  8 Genera  10 SpeciesMozambique
3 Families  10 Genera  20 SpeciesMyanmar
2 Families  7 Genera  12 SpeciesNamibia
5 Families  9 Genera  14 SpeciesNepal
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNetherlands
5 Families  13 Genera  21 SpeciesNew Zealand
6 Families  22 Genera  85 SpeciesNicaragua
2 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesNigeria
2 Families  6 Genera  5 SpeciesNorway
5 Families  25 Genera  65 SpeciesOman
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesPakistan
4 Families  8 Genera  9 SpeciesPalau
3 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesPalestine
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesPanama
5 Families  24 Genera  42 SpeciesPapua New Guinea
4 Families  19 Genera  34 SpeciesParaguay
2 Families  7 Genera  7 SpeciesPeru
5 Families  21 Genera  30 SpeciesPhilippines
6 Families  33 Genera  75 SpeciesPoland
3 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesPortugal
3 Families  11 Genera  18 SpeciesRepublic South Africa
5 Families  23 Genera  62 SpeciesRomania
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRussia
3 Families  9 Genera  18 SpeciesSaint Kitts and Nevis
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesSaint Lucia
3 Families  5 Genera  6 SpeciesSaint Vincent and the Grenadines
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSamoa
2 Families  5 Genera  3 SpeciesSão Tomé and Príncipe
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSaudi Arabia
3 Families  6 Genera  10 SpeciesSenegal
2 Families  7 Genera  14 SpeciesSerbia
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSeychelles
4 Families  14 Genera  20 SpeciesSierra Leone
2 Families  4 Genera  6 SpeciesSingapore
4 Families  13 Genera  23 SpeciesSolomon Islands
6 Families  24 Genera  53 SpeciesSomalia
4 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesSouth Korea
4 Families  10 Genera  11 SpeciesSouth Sudan
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSpain
4 Families  15 Genera  28 SpeciesSri Lanka
4 Families  19 Genera  29 SpeciesSudan
4 Families  8 Genera  7 SpeciesSuriname
4 Families  10 Genera  12 SpeciesSweden
4 Families  15 Genera  39 SpeciesSwitzerland
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSyria
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesTaiwan
4 Families  17 Genera  21 SpeciesTanzania
5 Families  10 Genera  18 SpeciesThailand
5 Families  17 Genera  38 SpeciesTonga
2 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesTrinidad and Tobago
4 Families  9 Genera  15 SpeciesTunisia
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesTurkey
2 Families  8 Genera  11 SpeciesTuvalu
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUganda
2 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesUkraine
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesUnited Arab Emirates
2 Families  2 Genera  0 SpeciesUnited Kingdom
5 Families  24 Genera  56 SpeciesUruguay
1 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesUSA
8 Families  50 Genera  190 SpeciesVanuatu
2 Families  5 Genera  4 SpeciesVenezuela
5 Families  15 Genera  25 SpeciesVietnam
3 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesYemen
2 Families  7 Genera  8 SpeciesZambia
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesZimbabwe
2 Families  3 Genera  5 Species


Distribution on islands
#ABCEFGHIKLMNOPRSTUVW
Admiralty Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAguas Buenas
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAkutan Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAldabra Group
3 Families  6 Genera  8 SpeciesAnacapa
1 Family  1 Genus  0 SpeciesAndreanof Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAnholt
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAntipodes Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAntipodes Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesAzores
3 Families  6 Genera  7 SpeciesBanks Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesBaranof Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBasse-Terre Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesBathurst Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesBruny Island
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesBurra
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesCapricorn Group
5 Families  15 Genera  27 SpeciesClarión Island
2 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesClarke Island
2 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesEast Aleutians
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesErskine Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesFox Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesGoat Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesGrande Comore
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesGrande-Terre
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesHeron Island
4 Families  12 Genera  19 SpeciesIsla Carmen
3 Families  3 Genera  4 SpeciesIsla Catalina
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Chidguapi
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Isabel
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Magdalena
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Margarita
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesIsla Montague
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Partida
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesIsla Santa Cruz
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesIslands of Chile
4 Families  13 Genera  16 SpeciesIslands of Four Mountains
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKai Islands
2 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesKing George Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKo Kut
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesKo Phuket
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesKodiak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesKrakatau Island
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesKrakatoa
2 Families  4 Genera  4 SpeciesLa Palma
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesLord Howe Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMacaronesia
4 Families  14 Genera  20 SpeciesMagnetic Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMahé
3 Families  5 Genera  5 SpeciesMitkof Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesMohéli
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesMurray Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNear Islands
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesNorth Solitary Island
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesNorth West Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesNorthern Isles
2 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesObi Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesOne Tree Island
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesPenguin Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPrince of Wales Island (Alaska)
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesPrince of Wales Island (Queensland)
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesRat Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesRevillagigedo Island
1 Families  2 Genera  3 SpeciesRottnest Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesRügen
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSanta Barbara Island
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island
3 Families  3 Genera  2 SpeciesSanta Catalina Island (California)
3 Families  4 Genera  3 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island
3 Families  6 Genera  6 SpeciesSanta Cruz Island (California)
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSanta Maria Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesScalloway Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  3 SpeciesSemisopochnoi Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesShetland Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  7 SpeciesShetland Mainland
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSnares Islands
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesSolitary Islands
1 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesSouth Orkney Islands
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesSouth Shetland Islands
2 Families  2 Genera  2 SpeciesStradbroke Island
1 Families  2 Genera  1 SpeciesTernate
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesThursday Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUmnak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnalaska Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 SpeciesUnimak Island
1 Family  1 Genus  2 SpeciesVancouver Island
2 Families  4 Genera  5 SpeciesWellington
2 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesWest Aleutians
1 Families  3 Genera  3 SpeciesWrangell Island
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Found in fossile formations
Rott Formation
1 Family  1 Genus  1 Species


Links, sources and further information
Cryptoniscoidea at artfakta.se
Cryptoniscoidea at biodiversity.org.au
Cryptoniscoidea at dyntaxa.se
Cryptoniscoidea at itis.gov
Cryptoniscoidea at marinespecies.org