Sphaeromatidea
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Sphaeromatidea is a suborder of isopod
crustacean
s, comprising the following superfamilies and families:
Seroloidea
Sphaeromatoidea
Isopoda
Isopods are an order of peracarid crustaceans, including familiar animals such as woodlice and pill bugs. The name Isopoda derives from the Greek roots and...
crustacean
Crustacean
Crustaceans form a very large group of arthropods, usually treated as a subphylum, which includes such familiar animals as crabs, lobsters, crayfish, shrimp, krill and barnacles. The 50,000 described species range in size from Stygotantulus stocki at , to the Japanese spider crab with a leg span...
s, comprising the following superfamilies and families:
Seroloidea
- Basserolidae
- Bathynataliidae
- Plakarthriidae
- SerolidaeSerolidaeSerolidae is a family of isopod crustaceans, containing the following genera:*Acanthoserolis Brandt, 1988*Acutiserolis Brandt, 1988*Atlantoserolis Wägele, 1994*Basserolis Poore, 1985*Brazilserolis Wägele, 1994...
Sphaeromatoidea
- †ArchaeoniscidaeArchaeoniscusArchaeoniscus is a genus of prehistoric isopod, containing three species:*Archaeoniscus aranguthyorum Feldmann, Vega, Applegate & Bishop, 1998*Archaeoniscus brodiei Milne-Edwards, 1843*Archaeoniscus texanus Wieder & Feldmann, 1992...
- Ancinidae
- SphaeromatidaeSphaeromatidaeSphaeromatidae is a family of isopods, containing the following genera:*Afrocerceis Müller, 1995*Agostodina Bruce, 1994*Amphoroidea H...
- Tecticipitidae