Tags: Crustacean.
The Podasconidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1895. Members of this family are parasitic on amphipods.The family contains these genera and species:Parapodascon Hansen 1916P. stebbingi (Giard & Bonnier 1895)Podascon Giard & Bonnier 1889P. chevreuxi Giard & Bonnier 1895P. dellavallei Giard & Bonnier 1889P. haploopis Giard & Bonnier 1895P.