蟹奴科(学名:Sacculinidae)为根頭下綱的一个科。蟹奴是一类专门以蟹为寄主的寄生生物。蟹奴是卵生生物,受精后的蟹奴卵在海水中自行发育成为幼体,幼体的蟹奴非常小,随波逐流,当它们遇到螃蟹就会寄生在蟹的身上。只有雌性蟹奴才会寄生,而且雌性蟹奴只选择雄性螃蟹寄生。
本科包括以下属:[1][2]
- Drepanorchis Boschma, 1927
- Heterosaccus Smith, 1906
- Loxothylacus Boschma, 1928
- Loxothylacus amoenus Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus aristatus Boschma, 1931
- Loxothylacus armatus Boschma, 1949
- Loxothylacus auritus Boschma, 1954
- Loxothylacus bicorniger Boschma, 1933
- Loxothylacus brachythrix Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus caribaeus Boschma, 1974
- Loxothylacus carinatus (Kossmann, 1872)
- Loxothylacus corculum (Kossmann, 1872)
- Loxothylacus desmothrix Boschma, 1931
- Loxothylacus echioides Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus engeli Boschma, 1968
- Loxothylacus ihlei Boschma, 1949
- Loxothylacus kossmanni Boschma, 1955
- Loxothylacus longipilus (Boschma, 1933)
- Loxothylacus musivus Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus omissus Boschma, 1957
- Loxothylacus panopaei (Gissler, 1884)
- Loxothylacus panopei[3]
- Loxothylacus perarmatus Reinhard & Reischman, 1958
- Loxothylacus sclerothrix Boschma, 1933
- Loxothylacus setaceus Boschma, 1931
- Loxothylacus spinulosus Boschma, 1928
- Loxothylacus strandi Boschma, 1936
- Loxothylacus texanus Boschma, 1933
- Loxothylacus tomentosus Shiino, 1943
- Loxothylacus torridus Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus variabilis Boschma, 1940
- Loxothylacus vepretus Boschma, 1947
- Ptychascus Boschma, 1933
- 蟹奴属 Sacculina Thompson, 1836
- Sesarmaxenos Annandale, 1911