see text The Crinoniscidae are a family of isopod crustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida.

The original description was made by Bonnier in 1900.

[1] Members of this family are parasites, mostly on other crustaceans.

Crinoniscus equitans is parasitic on the barnacle, Balanus perforatus.

[2] The family contains these genera and species:[3]