The Cabiropidae are a family of isopodcrustaceans in the suborder Cymothoida. The original description was made by Giard and Bonnier in 1887.[1] Members of the family are hyperparasites of other parasitic isopods in the order and some are parasites on other free-living isopods.[2]
^Giard, A., and Bonnier, J. (1887) Contributions a l'etude des bopyriens. Travaux de l'Institut Zoologique de Lille et du Laboratoire Marine de Wimereux 5: 1-272.