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Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 
AphiaID: 118277

Classification: Biota > Animalia (Kingdom) > Arthropoda (Phylum) > Crustacea (Subphylum) > Malacostraca (Class) > Eumalacostraca (Subclass) > Peracarida (Superorder) > Isopoda (Order) > Sphaeromatidea (Suborder) > Sphaeromatoidea (Superfamily)
Status accepted
Record
status
 Checked by Taxonomic Editor
Rank Family
Parent Sphaeromatoidea
Sources  basis of record: van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 315-321 (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Martin, J.W.; Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County: Los Angeles, CA (USA). vii, 123 pp. (look up in IMIS[details]

additional source: Brandt, A. and Poore, G.C.B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. Invertebrate Systematics 17: 893-923. [details]

additional source: Schotte, M., B.F. Kensley, and S. Shilling. (1995 onwards). World list of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Crustacea Isopoda. National Museum of Natural History Smithsonian Institution: Washington D.C., USA., available online at http://invertebrates.si.edu/isopod/ [details]

Vernacular
Names
 
Language   Name 
Swedish klotkräftor  [details]
Direct child
taxa

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 Genus Afrocerceis Müller, 1995
Genus Agostodina Bruce, 1994
Genus Amphoroidea H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Amphoroidella Baker, 1908
Genus Apemosphaera Bruce, 1994
Genus Artopoles Barnard, 1920
Genus Austrasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Beatricesphaera Wetzer & Bruce, 1999
Genus Benthosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Bilistra Sket & Bruce, 2004
Genus Botryias Richardson, 1910
Genus Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994E
Genus Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967
Genus Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896H
Genus Calcipila Harrison & Holdich, 1984
Genus Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Cassidias Richardson, 1906
Genus Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Cassidinella Whitelegge, 1901
Genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905
Genus Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905
Genus Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877
Genus Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840
Genus Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Chitonopsis Whitelegge, 1902
Genus Chitonosphaera Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993
Genus Cilicaea Leach, 1818
Genus Cilicaeopsis Hansen, 1905
Genus Cliamenella Kussakin & Malyutina, 1987
Genus Cymodetta Bowman & Kuhne, 1974
Genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814
Genus Cymodocella Pfeffer, 1887
Genus Cymodopsis Baker, 1926
Genus Diclidocellla Bruce, 1995
Genus Discerceis Richardson, 1905
Genus Discidina Bruce, 1994
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Dynamenella Hansen, 1905
Genus Dynameniscus Richardson, 1905
Genus Dynamenoides Hurley & Jansen, 1977
Genus Dynamenopsis Baker, 1908
Genus Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Eterocerceis Messana, 1990
Genus Exocerceis Baker, 1926
Genus Exosphaeroides Holdich & Harrison, 1983
Genus Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900
Genus Geocerceis Menzies & Glynn, 1968
Genus Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
Genus Harrieta Kensley, 1987
Genus Haswellia Miers, 1884
Genus Hemisphaeroma Hansen, 1905
Genus Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005
Genus Holotelson Richardson, 1909
Genus Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908
Genus Isocladus Miers, 1876
Genus Juletta Bruce, 1993
Genus Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Kranosphaera Bruce, 1992
Genus Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1943
Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
Genus Makarasphaera Bruce, 2005
Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
Genus Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Moruloidea Baker, 1908
Genus Naesicopea Stebbing, 1893
Genus Neonaesa Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926
Genus Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997
Genus Paracassidina Baker, 1911
Genus Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910
Genus Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988
Genus Paraleptosphaeroma Buss & Iverson, 1981
Genus Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902
Genus Parisocladus Barnard, 1914
Genus Pedinura Bruce, 2003
Genus Pistorius Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Platycerceis Baker, 1926
Genus Platynympha Harrison, 1984
Genus Platysphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1981
Genus Pooredoce Bruce, 2009
Genus Pseudocerceis Harrison & Holdich, 1982
Genus Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
Genus Ptyosphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1983
Genus Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883
Genus Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914
Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802
Genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973
Genus Stathmos Barnard, 1940
Genus Striella Glynn, 1968
Genus Syncassidina Baker, 1928
Genus Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978
Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994E
Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818

Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1882 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884
Genus Clianella Boone, 1923 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818
Genus Cymodocea Leach, 1818 accepted as Cymodoce Leach, 1814
Genus Dies Barnard, 1951 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905
Genus Dynoidella Pillai, 1965 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Dynoidella Nishimura, 1976 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914
Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908
Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
Genus Microlistra accepted as Monolistra (Microlistra) Gerstaecker, 1856
Genus Naesa Leach, 1815 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1814
Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Nesea accepted as Cilicaea Leach, 1818
Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
Genus Paracereis accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Paradynamenopsis accepted as Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Spelaeosphaeroma accepted as Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856
Environment marine, brackish, fresh
Fossil range recent + fossil
Distribution World Oceans [details]
Links To GenBank
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LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118277
Taxonomic
Edit history
 
Date   action   by
2004-12-21 15:54:05Z  created  van der Land, Jacob
2005-05-02 12:40:44Z  changed  Cuvelier, Daphne
2007-11-27 17:31:00Z  checked  Schotte, Marilyn
2008-01-24 01:45:52Z  changed  Bruce, Niel L.
2008-01-31 17:05:46Z  changed  Haskins, Tina
2010-02-11 03:24:25Z  changed  Bruce, Niel L.
  
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  Citation: Bruce, Niel L.; Schotte, M. (2013). Sphaeromatidae. In: Schotte, M.; Boyko, C.B; Bruce, N.L.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. & Wilson, G.D.F. (Eds) (2013) World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118277 on 2013-06-19
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