World List of Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans

Isopoda taxon details

Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994

AphiaID

248598 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:248598)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Typetaxon

Cercosphaera wirritin Bruce, 1994 (type by original designation)

Parent

Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825

Orig. name

Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994

Direct children (3)

Ordering

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Species Cercosphaera coloura Bruce, 1994
Species Cercosphaera dilkera Bruce, 1994
Species Cercosphaera wirritin Bruce, 1994

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

recent only

Original description

Bruce, N. L. (1994) Four new genera of marine isopod crustaceans (Sphaeromatidae) from eastern and southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54 (2): 399-438. [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Hadfield, K.A.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B.; Taiti, S. (Eds) (2024). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/isopoda/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=248598 on 2024-04-23

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2019-06-24 11:44:12Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

2023-04-29 14:04:40Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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Sources (2)

original description Bruce, N. L. (1994) Four new genera of marine isopod crustaceans (Sphaeromatidae) from eastern and southern Australia. Memoirs of the Museum of Victoria 54 (2): 399-438. [details]

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]