【正】 浪飘水虱科(Cirolanidae)是甲壳动物等足目中数量和种类较多的类群,广泛分布于热带和温带水域,大多数种类生活在潮间带、大陆架和浅海,少数种类生活在淡水或深海。通常营自由生活,有的潜入沙内或生活在礁石下、珊瑚的孔隙中、海绵动物的孔室中和软体动物的体表,有的生活在海藻丛里以小动物为食。研究该科对海洋食物链和生产力的分析,以及动物生态学都具有重要意义。
This paper describes the following 15 isopod species belonging respectively to 9 genera of the Family Cirolanidae, from Chinese waters. Those marked with an asterisk ( * ) are recorded for the first time from Chinese waters: Anopsilana willeyi (Stebbing, 1904) Bathynomus giganteus A. Milne-Edwards, 1879 B. doderleini Ortmann, 1894Cirolana harfordi (Lockington, 1877) C. arafurae Bruce, 1986 C. erodiae Bruce, 1986 Dolicholana elongata (H. Milne-Edwards, 1840) D. engima Keable, 1999 Eurydice mpponica Bruce and Jones, 1981E. orientalis Hansen, 1890 Excirolana chiltoni (Richardson, 1905) E. orientalis (Dana, 1853) Metacirolana sphaeromiformis (Hansen, 1890) Natatolana japonensis (Richardson, 1904) Odysseylana sirenkoi Malyutina, 1995