Isopoda taxon details
Microcerberidae Karaman, 1940
118279 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118279)
accepted
Family
Microcerberus Karaman, 1933 (type by original designation)
Microcerberinae Karaman, 1940 · unaccepted > superseded rank
- Genus Afrocerberus Wägele, 1983
- Genus Bulgarocerberus Baldari & Argano, 1984
- Genus Isoyvesia Özdikmen, 2009
- Genus Mexicerberus Schultz, 1974
- Genus Microcerberus Karaman, 1933
- Genus Protocerberus Wägele, 1983
- Genus Robustura Gnanamuthu, 1954
- Genus Texicerberus Hutchins & Schwartz in Hutchins, Schwartz & Coleman, 2021
- Genus Coxicerberus Wägele, Voelz & McArthur, 1995 accepted as Robustura Gnanamuthu, 1954 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Yvesia Coineau & Botosaneanu, 1973 accepted as Isoyvesia Özdikmen, 2009 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Yvesia Topsent, 1860 [Porifera])
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
Karaman, S. (1940). Die unterirdischen Isopoden Südserbiens. <em>Glasnik, Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skoplje.</em> 22: 19-53.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Microcerberidae Karaman, 1940. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118279 on 2026-07-27
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original description
Karaman, S. (1940). Die unterirdischen Isopoden Südserbiens. <em>Glasnik, Bulletin de la Société Scientifique de Skoplje.</em> 22: 19-53.
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Douady, C. J.; Malard, F.; Coineau, N.; Francois, C.; Issartel, C.; Kim, J.; Konecny‐Dupré, L.; Lefebure, T.; Merrin, K. L.; Thomas Thorpe, J. A. (2026). Molecular evidence for the placement of Microcerberidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) within the suborder Asellota and Invalidity of the suborder Microcerberidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70063
note: places this family in Aselloidea instead of Microcerberidea [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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. <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
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]
status source Karaman, S. (1933). <i>Microcerberus stygius</i>, der dritte Isopod aus dem Grundwasser von Skoplje, Jugoslawien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 102: 165-169.
page(s): 165; note: "Microcerberus n. fam., n. gen." is not a plural noun and as a family name fails ICZN 11.7.1.1 [details] Available for editors
page(s): 44 [details] Available for editors
taxonomy source Douady, C. J.; Malard, F.; Coineau, N.; Francois, C.; Issartel, C.; Kim, J.; Konecny‐Dupré, L.; Lefebure, T.; Merrin, K. L.; Thomas Thorpe, J. A. (2026). Molecular evidence for the placement of Microcerberidae (Crustacea: Isopoda) within the suborder Asellota and Invalidity of the suborder Microcerberidea. <em>Zoologica Scripta.</em> , available online at https://doi.org/10.1111/zsc.70063
note: places this family in Aselloidea instead of Microcerberidea [details]
basis of record van der Land, J. (2001). Isopoda - excluding Epicaridea, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>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,</i> 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. <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
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]
status source Karaman, S. (1933). <i>Microcerberus stygius</i>, der dritte Isopod aus dem Grundwasser von Skoplje, Jugoslawien. <em>Zoologischer Anzeiger.</em> 102: 165-169.
page(s): 165; note: "Microcerberus n. fam., n. gen." is not a plural noun and as a family name fails ICZN 11.7.1.1 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
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