Thermosphaeroma

Thermosphaeroma
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Crustacea
Class: Malacostraca
Order: Isopoda
Family: Sphaeromatidae
Genus: Thermosphaeroma
Cole & Bane, 1978
Type species
Thermosphaeroma dugesi
(Dollfus, 1893)

Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae. It contains eight species,[1] most of which are listed on the IUCN Red List (EW: extinct in the wild; CR: critically endangered; EN: endangered; LC; least concern; NE: not evaluated):

Species Authority Year IUCN status Distribution
Thermosphaeroma cavicauda Bowman 1985 [2]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi (Dollfus) 1893 [3]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macrura Bowman 1985 [4]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma mendozai Schotte 2000  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleri Bowman 1981 [5]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithi Bowman 1981 [6]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma subequalum Cole & Bane 1978 [7]  Mexico,  United States
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum (Richardson) 1897 [8]  United States

References

  1. ^ Neil L. Bruce & Marilyn Schotte (2009). "Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978". In M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson. World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249399. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
  2. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma cavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21742. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  3. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma dugesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21737. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  4. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21743. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  5. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma milleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21738. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  6. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21739. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  7. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma subequalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21740. Retrieved April 19, 2010. 
  8. ^ Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma thermophilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. http://www.iucnredlist.org/apps/redlist/details/21741. Retrieved April 19, 2010.