original descriptionBate, C. S. (1866). Carcinological gleanings.—No. II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3.</em> 17(97): 24-31, pl. 2.[details]
original description(ofSphaeroma destructor Richardson, 1897)Richardson, H. (1897). Description of a new species of <i>Sphaeroma</i>. <em>Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington.</em> 11: 105-107.[details]
original description(ofSphaeroma vastator Spence Bate, 1866)Bate, C. S. (1866). Carcinological gleanings.—No. II. <em>Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 3.</em> 17(97): 24-31, pl. 2.[details]
basis of recordSchotte, 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 sourceSchotte, M., J. C. Markham, and G. D. F. Wilson. 2009. Isopoda (Crustacea) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 973–986 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas.[details]
additional sourceLiu, J.Y. [Ruiyu] (ed.). (2008). Checklist of marine biota of China seas. <em>China Science Press.</em> 1267 pp. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors [request]
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