Cumoniscidae is a family of crustaceans in the class Tantulocarida, classified under the superclass Multicrustacea. The family was previously known as Deoterthridae, but Cumoniscidae was determined to be senior subjective synonym.
The family contains the following genera:
- Amphitantulus <small>Boxshall & Vader, 1993</small>
- Aphotocentor <small>Huys, 1991</small>
- Arcticotantulus <small>Kornev, Tchesunov & Rybnikov, 2004</small>
- Boreotantulus <small>Huys & Boxshall, 1988</small>
- Campyloxiphos <small>Huys, 1991</small>
- Coralliotantulus <small>Huys, 1991</small>
- Cumoniscus <small>Bonnier, 1903</small>
- Deoterthron <small>Bradford & Hewitt, 1980</small>
- Dicrotrichura <small>Huys, 1989</small>
- Itoitantulus <small>Huys, Ohtsuka Boxshall & Itô, 1992</small>
- Tantulacus <small>Huys, Andersen & Kristensen, 1992</small>
The genus Onceroxenus <small>Boxshall & Lincoln, 1987</small> was previously place in this family but is now placed in the monotypic family Onceroxenidae.
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