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Genus Thermosphaeroma - Spring-Seapills

Thermosphaeroma thermophilum
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Crustacea (Crustaceans)
Class Malacostraca (Malacostracans)
Superorder Peracarida (Marsupial Crustaceans)
Order Isopoda (Isopods)
No Taxon (Scutocoxifera)
Suborder Sphaeromatidea (Seapills and allies)
Superfamily Sphaeromatoidea (Seapills)
Family Sphaeromatidae (Typical Seapills)
Genus Thermosphaeroma (Spring-Seapills)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Thermosphaeroma Dollfus, 1893
Numbers
8 species globally, 2 species in the US
Identification
The only Sphaeromatids inland in this area. Species are identified based off range and pleopod morphology
Range
SW US and N Mexico
Contributed by Sequoia Wrens on 19 August, 2021 - 10:53pm
Additional contributions by v belov
Last updated 21 January, 2023 - 2:04am

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