Nannoniscidae

Nannoniscidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Malacostraca
Order:	Isopoda
Suborder:	Asellota
Superfamily:	Janiroidea
Family:	Nannoniscidae ; Hansen, 1916

Last updated December 06, 2025

Nannoniscidae is a family of crustaceans belonging to the order Isopoda.^[1] The family is closely related to Desmosomatidae, with multiple genera unidentifiable to family level due to containing attributes of both families.^[2]

Genera

The family contains the following genera:^[3]

Austroniscus Vanhöffen, 1914
Exiliniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Hebefustis Siebenaller & Hessler, 1977
Ketosoma Kaiser & Brix in Kaiser, Brix, Kihara, Janssen & Jennings, 2018
Micromesus Birstein, 1963
Nannoniscoides Hansen, 1916
Nannonisconus Schultz, 1966
Nannoniscus G.O. Sars, 1870
Nymphodora Kaiser, 2009
Panetela Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Rapaniscus Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Regabellator Siebenaller & Hessler, 1981
Thaumastosoma Hessler, 1970

References

↑ "Nannoniscidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
↑ Brix, Saskia; Held, Christoph; Kaiser, Stefanie; Jennings, Robert M.; Driskell, Amy; Brandt, Angelika (1 December 2021). "Evolution and phylogeny of the deep-sea isopod families Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 and Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda: Asellota)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21 (4): 691–717. doi: 10.1007/s13127-021-00509-9 . hdl: 20.500.12613/6974 . ISSN 1618-1077. PMC 8510888 . PMID 34658667.
↑ Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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[GBIF-1] "Nannoniscidae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 23 June 2021.

[2] Brix, Saskia; Held, Christoph; Kaiser, Stefanie; Jennings, Robert M.; Driskell, Amy; Brandt, Angelika (1 December 2021). "Evolution and phylogeny of the deep-sea isopod families Desmosomatidae Sars, 1897 and Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916 (Isopoda: Asellota)". Organisms Diversity & Evolution. 21 (4): 691–717. doi: 10.1007/s13127-021-00509-9 . hdl: 20.500.12613/6974 . ISSN 1618-1077. PMC 8510888 . PMID 34658667.

[3] Schotte M, Boyko CB, Bruce NL, Poore GC, Taiti S, Wilson GD (eds.). "Nannoniscidae Hansen, 1916". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans Database. World Register of Marine Species . Retrieved 11 December 2024.

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