WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825
Sphaeromidae auct. · unaccepted
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, 1994
Genus Botryias Richardson, 1910
Genus Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994
Genus Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967
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, 1994
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 Diclidocella Bruce, 1995
Genus Discerceis Richardson, 1905
Genus Discidina Bruce, 1994
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1818
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, 1942
Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
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 Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883
Genus Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914
Genus Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801
Genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973
Genus Stathmos Barnard, 1940
Genus Striella Glynn, 1968
Genus Syncassidina Baker, 1928
Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994
Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818
Subfamily Ancininae Dana, 1852 accepted as Ancinidae Dana, 1852
Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Bregmocerella Haswell, 1885 accepted as Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877 (synonym)
Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1881 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884 (Genus name preoccupied by Calyptura Swainson, 1832 (Aves))
Genus Cassidena H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Cassidisca Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > unavailable name, introduced in synonymy)
Genus Clianella Boone, 1923 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (synonym)
Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818
Genus Cymodocea Leach, 1818 accepted as Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, junior homonym of Cymodocea Lamouroux, 1816 [Hydrozoa])
Genus Dies Barnard, 1951 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Dynamena Leach, 1818 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
Genus Dynamene Leach , 1816 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
Genus Dynoidella Pillai, 1965 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Dynoidella Nishimura, 1976 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also junior homonym of Dynoidella Pillai, 1965)
Genus Europosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942 (unavailable name; no type species selected)
Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 (unaccepted > misspelling, lapsus in figure captions)
Genus Naesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Nesea [sic] accepted as Cilicaea Leach, 1818 (typographical error for Naesa, later corrected by Thomson and Chilton (1886))
Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
Genus Paracereis auct. accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (lapsus calami)
Genus Paracilicoea Stebbing, 1910 accepted as Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Paradynamene Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Paradynamenopsis Menzies, 1962 accepted as Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Paradynoides Loyola e Silva, 1960 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905 accepted as Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905
Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Spheroma Bosc, 1801 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Subfamily Tecticipitinae Iverson, 1982 accepted as Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982
Genus Vallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Vallentinia Browne, 1902 [Hydrozoa])
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, 1994
Genus Botryias Richardson, 1910
Genus Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994
Genus Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967
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, 1994
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 Diclidocella Bruce, 1995
Genus Discerceis Richardson, 1905
Genus Discidina Bruce, 1994
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1818
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, 1942
Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
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 Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883
Genus Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914
Genus Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801
Genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973
Genus Stathmos Barnard, 1940
Genus Striella Glynn, 1968
Genus Syncassidina Baker, 1928
Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994
Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818
Subfamily Ancininae Dana, 1852 accepted as Ancinidae Dana, 1852
Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814
Genus Bregmocerella Haswell, 1885 accepted as Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877 (synonym)
Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1881 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884 (Genus name preoccupied by Calyptura Swainson, 1832 (Aves))
Genus Cassidena H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Cassidisca Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > unavailable name, introduced in synonymy)
Genus Clianella Boone, 1923 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (synonym)
Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818
Genus Cymodocea Leach, 1818 accepted as Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > unjustified emendation, junior homonym of Cymodocea Lamouroux, 1816 [Hydrozoa])
Genus Dies Barnard, 1951 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Dynamena Leach, 1818 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
Genus Dynamene Leach , 1816 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > nomen nudum, no included species)
Genus Dynoidella Pillai, 1965 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Dynoidella Nishimura, 1976 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also junior homonym of Dynoidella Pillai, 1965)
Genus Europosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942 (unavailable name; no type species selected)
Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 (unaccepted > misspelling, lapsus in figure captions)
Genus Naesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
Genus Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Nesea [sic] accepted as Cilicaea Leach, 1818 (typographical error for Naesa, later corrected by Thomson and Chilton (1886))
Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
Genus Paracereis auct. accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (lapsus calami)
Genus Paracilicoea Stebbing, 1910 accepted as Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling)
Genus Paradynamene Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Paradynamenopsis Menzies, 1962 accepted as Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Genus Paradynoides Loyola e Silva, 1960 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
Subfamily Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905 accepted as Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905
Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
Genus Spheroma Bosc, 1801 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (incorrect subsequent spelling)
Subfamily Tecticipitinae Iverson, 1982 accepted as Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982
Genus Vallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Vallentinia Browne, 1902 [Hydrozoa])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
Not documented
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2008 onwards). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118277 on 2023-05-31
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additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors [request]
additional source 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]
additional source Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. <em>Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA).</em> 124 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source Brandt, A.; Poore, G. C. B. (2003). Higher classification of the flabelliferan and related Isopoda based on a reappraisal of relationships. <em>Invertebrate Systematics.</em> 17: 893-923. [details] Available for editors
[request] additional source 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]
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