WoRMS taxon details
Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938
248315 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248315)
accepted
Family
Scleropactes Budde-Lund, 1885 (type by original designation)
Sphaeroniscinae Verhoeff, 1942 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
- Subfamily Scleropactinae Verhoeff, 1938
- Genus Amazoniscus Lemos de Castro, 1967
- Genus Aulaconiscus Taiti & Howarth, 1997
- Genus Caecopactes Schmidt, 2007
- Genus Circoniscus Pearse, 1917
- Genus Colomboniscus Vandel, 1972
- Genus Colomboscia Vandel, 1972
- Genus Globarmadillo Richardson, 1910
- Genus Globopactes Schmidt, 2007
- Genus Haplarmadillo Dollfus, 1896
- Genus Heptapactes Schmidt, 2007
- Genus Kithironiscus Schmalfuss, 1995
- Genus Matazonellus Juarrero de Varona & de Armas, 1996
- Genus Microsphaeroniscus Lemos de Castro, 1984
- Genus Neosanfilippia Brian, 1957
- Genus Richardsoniscus Vandel, 1963
- Genus Scleropactes Budde-Lund, 1885
- Genus Scleropactoides Schmidt, 2007
- Genus Sphaeroniscus Gerstäcker, 1854
- Genus Spherarmadillo Richardson, 1907
- Genus Suarezia Budde-Lund, 1904
- Genus Troglopactes Schmidt, 2007
- Genus Xeroporcellio Strouhal, 1954
- Subfamily Toradjiinae Arcangeli, 1948
- Genus Kefalloniscus Schmalfuss, 1986 accepted as Xeroporcellio Strouhal, 1954 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paracubaris Collinge, 1918 accepted as Circoniscus Pearse, 1917 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paraperiscyphis Stebbing, 1911 accepted as Adinda Budde-Lund, 1904 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Parasphaeroniscus Vandel, 1963 accepted as Parsphaeroniscus Vandel, 1963 accepted as Circoniscus Pearse, 1917 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Parcirconiscus Verhoeff, 1941 accepted as Circoniscus Pearse, 1917 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Parsphaeroniscus Vandel, 1963 accepted as Circoniscus Pearse, 1917 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
- Subfamily Toradjinae Arcangeli, 1948 accepted as Toradjiinae Arcangeli, 1948 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling)
recent + fossil
(of Scleropactinae Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Weltstellung der Isopoda terrestria, neue Familien derselben und neues System. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 71(3): 253-264. [details] Available for editors
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Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Scleropactidae Verhoeff, 1938. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248315 on 2025-04-30
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Sphaeroniscinae Verhoeff, 1942) Verhoeff, K. W. (1942). Äthiopische Isopoda terrestria des Hamburger Zoologischen Museums. II. 84. Isopoden-Aufsatz. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 140(5/6): 61-87. [details] Available for editors
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original description (of Scleropactinae Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Weltstellung der Isopoda terrestria, neue Familien derselben und neues System. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 71(3): 253-264. [details] Available for editors
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basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]

original description (of Scleropactinae Verhoeff, 1938) Verhoeff, K. W. (1938). Weltstellung der Isopoda terrestria, neue Familien derselben und neues System. <em>Zoologische Jahrbücher, Abteilung für Systematik, Ökologie und Geographie der Tiere.</em> 71(3): 253-264. [details] Available for editors

basis of record Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley & S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA - no longer online. [website archived on 2018-01-25]. [details]
Other
additional source
Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). <em>Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie).</em> 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors
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