Chapter 5: Suborder Cymothoida

Gary C.B. Poore and Niel L. Bruce

Memoirs of Museum Victoria Vol 86 p. 135–228. (2026)

DOI
https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.2026.86.05

Abstract

da: guide to families and genera of the world. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 86: 135–228. Diagnoses and illustrated keys are provided for one superfamily of six families, and the remaining nine families, comprising in total 180 marine genera of the Isopoda suborder Cymothoida. The ecology and distribution of each taxon are discussed with citation of literature critical for further investigation and identification to species.

Citation

Poore, G.C.B., and Bruce, N.L. 2026. Chapter 5. Suborder Cymothoida. In: Poore, G.C.B. (ed.) Marine Crustacea Isopoda: guide to families and genera of the world. Memoirs of Museum Victoria 86: 135–228.