The Hemioniscidae are a family of marine isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900. Members of this family are parasitic on cirripede barnacles.
The family contains these genera and species:
*Hemioniscus balani<small> Buchholtz, 1866</small>
*Hemioniscus pagurophilus<small> Williams & Boyko, 2006</small>
*Leponiscus alepadis<small> Gruvel, 1901</small>
*Leponiscus anatifae<small> Giard, 1887</small>
*Leponiscus pollicipedis<small> Giard, 1887</small>
*Scalpelloniscus binoculis<small> (Menzies & George, 1972)</small>
*Scalpelloniscus nieli<small> Hosie, 2008</small>
*Scalpelloniscus penicillatus<small> Grygier, 1981</small>
*Scalpelloniscus vomicus<small> Hosie, 2008</small>
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