Dajidae

Dajidae
Aspidophryxus peltatus female infested mysid Erythrops
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Cymothoida
Infraorder:	Epicaridea
Superfamily:	Cryptoniscoidea
Family:	Dajidae Giard & Bonnier, 1887
Genera
see text

The Dajidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. ^[1] The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887. ^[2] Members of this family are ectoparasites of krill. They resemble a fleshy growth on the krill's back, and make the host look as if it is wearing a rucksack. ^[3] These genera are included in the family Dajidae: ^[1]

• Allophryxus Koehler, 1911
• Antephyra Schultz, 1978
• Arthrophryxus Richardson, 1908
• Aspidophryxus G. O. Sars, 1883
• Branchiophryxus Caullery, 1897
• Colophryxus Richardson, 1908
• Dajus Krøyer, 1846
• Dolichophryxus Schultz, 1977
• Heterophryxus G. O. Sars, 1885
• Holophryxus Richardson, 1905
• Notophryxus G. O. Sars, 1883
• Oculophryxus Shields & Gómez-Gutiérrez, 1996
• Paradajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
• Paraspidophryxus Schultz, 1977
• Prodajus Bonnier, 1903
• Prophryxus Richardson, 1909
• Streptodajus Nierstrasz & Brender à Brandis, 1923
• Zonophryxus Richardson, 1903

References

1. Chris Boyko & Marilyn Schotte (2011). Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Dajidae". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved January 31, 2012.
2. Alfred Giard & Jules Bonnier (1887). "Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens". Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux. 5: 1–272.
3. Jeffrey Shields. "Epicaridea: the parasitic isopods of Crustacea". Virginia Institute of Marine Science. Archived from the original on January 5, 2019. Retrieved January 31, 2012.