The Cabiropidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272. Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.
The family contains these genera:World Register of Marine Species Aegoniscus Barnard, 1925 Ancyroniscus Caullery & Mesnil, 1919 Arcturocheres Hansen, 1916 Astacilloechus Hansen, 1916 Bourdonia Rybakov, 1990 Cabirops Kossmann, 1884 Cirolanoniscus Pillai, 1966 Cironiscus Nielsen, 1967 Clypeoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895 Gnomoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895 Munnoniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895 Podoniscus Bourdon, 1981 Seroloniscus Giard & Bonnier, 1895
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