African Register of Marine Species (AfReMaS)

AfReMaS taxon details

Spherillo Dana, 1853

AphiaID

249337 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:249337)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Armadillidae Brandt in Brandt & Ratzeburg, 1831

Original name

Spherillo Dana, 1853

Synonymised names

Sphaerillo Dana, 1853 · unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling

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Species Spherillo collaris Budde-Lund, 1904
Species Spherillo damarensis (Panning, 1924)
Species Spherillo maculosus Budde-Lund, 1904
Species Spherillo panningi Arcangeli, 1934
Species Spherillo cingulatus (Barnard, 1932) accepted as Parasphaerillo cingulatus (Barnard, 1932) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
Species Spherillo parvus (Budde-Lund, 1885) accepted as Venezillo parvus (Budde-Lund, 1885) (unaccepted > superseded combination)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, terrestrial

Original description

Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]

Taxonomic citation

Boyko, C.B.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2025). World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. Spherillo Dana, 1853. Accessed through: Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025) African Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249337 on 2025-12-11

Regional species database citation

Odido, M.; Appeltans, W.; BelHassen, M.; Mussai, P.; Nsiangango, S.E.; Vandepitte, L.; Wambiji, N.; Zamouri, N. Jiddou, A.M. (Eds) (2025). African Register of Marine Species. Spherillo Dana, 1853. Accessed at: https://marinespecies.org/afremas/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=249337 on 2025-12-11

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2007-11-28 15:20:16Z

created

Schotte, Marilyn

2016-09-29 14:41:15Z

changed

Taiti, Stefano

2023-04-30 00:47:06Z

changed

Boyko, Christopher B.

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original description Dana, J.D. (1853-1855). Crustacea. Part II. In: United States Exploring Expedition. During the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes. U. S. N., C. Sherman Printer, Philadelphia. 14: 691-1618. [1855, folio atlas pls. 1-96.]., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/40412910 [details]

basis of record 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]

additional source Schmalfuss, H. (2003). World catalog of terrestrial isopods (Isopoda: Oniscidea). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie A (Biologie). 654: 1-341., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60882444 [details] Available for editors

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Introduced: alien

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