WoRMS taxon details
Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825
118277 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:118277)
accepted
Family
Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (type by original designation)
Nesaeinae Dana, 1852 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Sphaeromidae Latreille, 1825 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling
Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect original spelling (see ICZN Article 11.7.2)
- Genus Afrocerceis Müller, 1995
- Genus Agostodina Bruce, 1994
- Genus Amphoroidea H. Milne Edwards, 1840
- Genus Amphoroidella Baker, 1908
- Genus Apemosphaera Bruce, 1994
- Genus Archaeosphaeroma Novák, 1872 †
- Genus Artopoles Barnard, 1920
- Genus Austrasphaera Bruce, 2003
- Genus Beatricesphaera Wetzer & Bruce, 1999
- Genus Benthosphaera Bruce, 1994
- Genus Bilistra Sket & Bruce, 2004
- 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 Cyclosphaeroma Woodward, 1890 †
- 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 Eocopea Iverson & Chivers, 1984 †
- Genus Eosphaeroma Woodward, 1879 †
- 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 Haswellia Miers, 1884
- Genus Hemisphaeroma Hansen, 1905
- Genus Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005
- Genus Heterosphaeroma Munier-Chalmas, 1872 †
- Genus Heteruropus Verhoeff, 1942
- Genus Holotelson Richardson, 1909
- Genus Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908
- Genus Isocladus Miers, 1876
- Genus Isopodites von Ammon, 1882 †
- Genus Juletta Bruce, 1993
- Genus Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
- Genus Kranosphaera Bruce, 1992
- Genus Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942
- Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
- Genus Makarasphaera Bruce, 2005
- Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
- Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
- Genus Merozoon Sket, 2012
- 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 Protosphaeroma Bachmayer, 1949 †
- Genus Pseudocerceis Harrison & Holdich, 1982
- Genus Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
- Genus Ptyosphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1983
- 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 Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978
- Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
- Genus Triassphaeroma Basso & Tintori, 1995 †
- Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
- Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994
- Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818
- Subfamily Ancininae Dana, 1852 accepted as Ancinidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Basphaeroma Taberner, 1988 accepted as Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Bregmocerella Haswell, 1885 accepted as Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
- Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1881 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Calyptura Swainson, 1832 [Aves])
- Genus Cassidena H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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 Coecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896 accepted as Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896 represented as Caecosphaeroma (Caecosphaeroma) Dollfus, 1896 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cyclura Harlan, 1825 [Squamata])
- Genus Cymodocea Leach, 1814 accepted as Cymodoce Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling (not entering into homonymy with 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 - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no included species)
- Genus Dynamene Leach, 1816 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unavailable name, 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 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
- Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Harrieta Kensley, 1987 accepted as Heteruropus Verhoeff, 1942 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, lapsus in figure captions)
- Genus Mexicoma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
- Genus Mexicosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Microlistra Racovitza, 1929 accepted as Monolistra (Microlistra) Racovitza, 1929 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Naesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Neosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated; junior homonym of Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926)
- Genus Nesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Nesaea J. V. Lamoroux, 1812 [Chlorophyta])
- Subfamily Nesaeinae Dana, 1852 accepted as Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nesea [sic] sensu Thomson, 1879 accepted as Cilicaea Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, misapplication; also error for Nesaea Leach, 1814, later corrected by Thomson and Chilton, 1886)
- Genus Nesosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Dynamenella Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Palaeoniscus H. Milne Edwards, 1843 † accepted as Eosphaeroma Woodward, 1879 † (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Palaeoniscus Agassiz, 1833)
- Genus Palaeosphaeroma Remeš, 1903 † accepted as Cyclosphaeroma Woodward, 1890 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Paracereis Hansen, 1905 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Paracilicoea Stebbing, 1910 accepted as Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
- 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 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Pleosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Spelaeosphaeroma Ferulgio, 1904 accepted as Monolistra Gerstaecker, 1856 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
- Genus Spheroma Bosc, 1801 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, incorrect subsequent spelling)
- Genus Tagrosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Subfamily Tecticipitinae Iverson, 1982 accepted as Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Vallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Vallentinia Browne, 1902 [Hydrozoa])
- Genus Vireia Viré, 1903 accepted as Caecosphaeroma (Vireia) Viré, 1903 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
- Genus Ypsiloma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Caecosphaeroma Dollfus, 1896 represented as Caecosphaeroma (Caecosphaeroma) Dollfus, 1896
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. <em>J. B. Baillière.</em> Paris pp. 570., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details] 
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. Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=118277 on 2024-11-23
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original description
(of Nesaeinae Dana, 1852) Dana, J. D. (1852). On the classification of the Crustacea Choristopoda or Tetradecapoda. <em>The American Journal of Science and Arts, Second Series.</em> 14(41): 297-316., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28136775 [details]
original description (of Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. <em>J. B. Baillière.</em> Paris pp. 570., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [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
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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]
original description (of Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres. <em>J. B. Baillière.</em> Paris pp. 570., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [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
[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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