Parasitism is one of the most successful modes of life displayed by living organisms, as
measured by how often it evolved and how many parasitic species are presently in …

Of the 95 known families of Isopoda only a few are parasitic namely, Bopyridae,
Cryptoniscidae, Cymothoidae, Dajidae, Entoniscidae, Gnathiidae and Tridentellidae …

For anyone with interests in a group of organisms as large and diverse as the Crustacea, it is
difficult to grasp the enormity of the entire taxon at one time. Those who work on crustaceans …

Subphylum Crustacea Brünnich, 1772. In: Zhang, Z.-Q. (Ed.) Animal biodiversity: An outline
of higher-level classification and Page 1 Zootaxa 3148 © 2011 Magnolia Press · 165 …

The expansion segments within the eukaryote nuclear 23S-like ribosomal RNA molecule
are now well characterized in many diverse organisms. A different base compositional bias …

The crustacean order Isopoda (excluding Asellota, crustacean symbionts and freshwater
taxa) comprise 3154 described marine species in 379 genera in 37 families according to the …

The specialised aquatic hypogean, ie stygobiotic, fauna has been recognised in some
regions moderately rich. Slovenia, the broader Dinaric region, and Europe are particularly …

The Malacostraca comprises about 28 000 species with a broad disparity in morphology,
anatomy, embryology, behaviour and ecology. The phylogenetic relationships of the major …

The curious life-style of the parasitic stages of gnathiid isopods Page 311 The Curious Life-Style
of the Parasitic Stages of Gnathiid Isopods NJ Smit1 and AJ Davies2 1Department of Zoology …

The history of the systematics of isopod suborders is summarised. Several authors have
suggested that the traditional suborder Flabellifera is paraphyletic and includes one or more …