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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)

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  1. Genus Afrocerceis Müller, 1995
  2. Genus Agostodina Bruce, 1994
  3. Genus Amphoroidea H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  4. Genus Amphoroidella Baker, 1908
  5. Genus Apemosphaera Bruce, 1994
  6. Genus Artopoles Barnard, 1920
  7. Genus Austrasphaera Bruce, 2003
  8. Genus Beatricesphaera Wetzer & Bruce, 1999
  9. Genus Benthosphaera Bruce, 1994
  10. Genus Botryias Richardson, 1910
  11. Genus Bregmotypta Bruce, 1994
  12. Genus Calcipila Harrison & Holdich, 1984
  13. Genus Campecopea Leach, 1814
  14. Genus Cassidias Richardson, 1906
  15. Genus Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  16. Genus Cassidinella Whitelegge, 1901
  17. Genus Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905
  18. Genus Cassidinopsis Hansen, 1905
  19. Genus Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877
  20. Genus Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840
  21. Genus Cercosphaera Bruce, 1994
  22. Genus Chitonopsis Whitelegge, 1902
  23. Genus Chitonosphaera Kussakin & Malyutina, 1993
  24. Genus Cilicaea Leach, 1818
  25. Genus Cilicaeopsis Hansen, 1905
  26. Genus Cliamenella Kussakin & Malyutina, 1987
  27. Genus Cymodetta Bowman & Kuhne, 1974
  28. Genus Cymodoce Leach, 1814
  29. Genus Cymodocella Pfeffer, 1887
  30. Genus Cymodopsis Baker, 1926
  31. Genus Diclidocella Bruce, 1995
  32. Genus Discerceis Richardson, 1905
  33. Genus Discidina Bruce, 1994
  34. Genus Dynamene Leach, 1818
  35. Genus Dynamenella Hansen, 1905
  36. Genus Dynameniscus Richardson, 1905
  37. Genus Dynamenoides Hurley & Jansen, 1977
  38. Genus Dynamenopsis Baker, 1908
  39. Genus Dynoides Barnard, 1914
  40. Genus Eterocerceis Messana, 1990
  41. Genus Exocerceis Baker, 1926
  42. Genus Exosphaeroides Holdich & Harrison, 1983
  43. Genus Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900
  44. Genus Geocerceis Menzies & Glynn, 1968
  45. Genus Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954
  46. Genus Haswellia Miers, 1884
  47. Genus Hemisphaeroma Hansen, 1905
  48. Genus Heterodina Schotte & Kensley, 2005
  49. Genus Heteruropus Verhoeff, 1942
  50. Genus Holotelson Richardson, 1909
  51. Genus Ischyromene Racovitza, 1908
  52. Genus Isocladus Miers, 1876
  53. Genus Juletta Bruce, 1993
  54. Genus Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003
  55. Genus Kranosphaera Bruce, 1992
  56. Genus Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942
  57. Genus Leptosphaeroma Hilgendorf, 1885
  58. Genus Margueritta Bruce, 1993
  59. Genus Maricoccus Poore, 1994
  60. Genus Moruloidea Baker, 1908
  61. Genus Naesicopea Stebbing, 1893
  62. Genus Neonaesa Harrison & Holdich, 1982
  63. Genus Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926
  64. Genus Oxinasphaera Bruce, 1997
  65. Genus Paracassidina Baker, 1911
  66. Genus Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906
  67. Genus Paracerceis Hansen, 1905
  68. Genus Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910
  69. Genus Paradella Harrison & Holdich, 1982
  70. Genus Paraimene Javed & Ahmed, 1988
  71. Genus Paraleptosphaeroma Buss & Iverson, 1981
  72. Genus Parasphaeroma Stebbing, 1902
  73. Genus Parisocladus Barnard, 1914
  74. Genus Pedinura Bruce, 2003
  75. Genus Pistorius Harrison & Holdich, 1982
  76. Genus Platycerceis Baker, 1926
  77. Genus Platynympha Harrison, 1984
  78. Genus Platysphaera Holdich & Harrison, 1981
  79. Genus Pooredoce Bruce, 2009
  80. Genus Pseudocerceis Harrison & Holdich, 1982
  81. Genus Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909
  82. Genus Scutuloidea Chilton, 1883
  83. Genus Sphaeramene Barnard, 1914
  84. Genus Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801
  85. Genus Sphaeromopsis Holdich & Jones, 1973
  86. Genus Stathmos Barnard, 1940
  87. Genus Striella Glynn, 1968
  88. Genus Syncassidina Baker, 1928
  89. Genus Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980
  90. Genus Waiteolana Baker, 1926
  91. Genus Xynosphaera Bruce, 1994
  92. Genus Zuzara Leach, 1818
  93. Subfamily Ancininae Dana, 1852 accepted as Ancinidae Dana, 1852 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  94. Genus Anoplocopea Racovitza, 1908 accepted as Campecopea Leach, 1814 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  95. Genus Basphaeroma Taberner, 1988 accepted as Tholozodium Eleftheriou, Holdich & Harrison, 1980 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  96. Genus Bregmocerella Haswell, 1885 accepted as Ceratocephalus Woodward, 1877 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, synonym)
  97. Genus Caecocassidias Kussakin, 1967 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  98. Genus Calyptura Haswell, 1881 accepted as Haswellia Miers, 1884 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Calyptura Swainson, 1832 [Aves])
  99. Genus Cassidena H. Milne Edwards, 1840 accepted as Cassidina H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  100. Genus Cassidisca Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > unavailable name, introduced in synonymy)
  101. Genus Clianella Boone, 1923 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  102. Genus Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  103. Genus Cyclura Stebbing, 1874 accepted as Cycloidura Stebbing, 1878 accepted as Zuzara Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Cyclura Harlan, 1825 [Squamata])
  104. 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]))
  105. Genus Dies Barnard, 1951 accepted as Cassidinidea Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  106. Genus Dynamena Leach, 1818 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  107. Genus Dynamene Leach, 1816 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no included species)
  108. Genus Dynamene Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no included species)
  109. Genus Dynoidella Nishimura, 1976 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym, also junior homonym of Dynoidella Pillai, 1965)
  110. Genus Dynoidella Pillai, 1965 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  111. Genus Europosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Lekanesphaera Verhoeff, 1942 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
  112. Genus Euvallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  113. Genus Harrieta Kensley, 1987 accepted as Heteruropus Verhoeff, 1942 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym, same type species as Heteruropus Verhoeff, 1942)
  114. Genus Koremosphaera Bruce, 2003 accepted as Koremasphaera Bruce, 2003 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling, lapsus in figure captions)
  115. Genus Mexicoma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated)
  116. Genus Mexicosphaera Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  117. Genus Naesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  118. Genus Naesea Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  119. Genus Neocassidina Roman, 1974 accepted as Paracassidinopsis Nobili, 1906 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  120. Genus Neosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > unavailable name, no type species designated; junior homonym of Neosphaeroma Baker, 1926)
  121. Genus Nesa Leach, 1814 accepted as Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  122. Genus Nesaea Leach, 1814 accepted as Dynamene Leach, 1818 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Nesaea J. V. Lamoroux, 1812 [Chlorophyta])
  123. Subfamily Nesaeinae Dana, 1852 accepted as Sphaeromatidae Latreille, 1825 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  124. 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)
  125. Genus Nesosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Dynamenella Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  126. Genus Nishimuraia Nunomura, 1988 accepted as Gnorimosphaeroma Menzies, 1954 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  127. Genus Paracereis Hansen, 1905 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  128. Genus Paracilicoea Stebbing, 1910 accepted as Paracilicaea Stebbing, 1910 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  129. Genus Paradynamene Richardson, 1905 accepted as Cerceis H. Milne Edwards, 1840 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  130. Genus Paradynamenopsis Menzies, 1962 accepted as Pseudosphaeroma Chilton, 1909 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  131. Genus Paradynoides Loyola e Silva, 1960 accepted as Dynoides Barnard, 1914 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  132. Subfamily Plakarthriinae Hansen, 1905 accepted as Plakarthriidae Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  133. Genus Pleosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  134. Genus Sergiella Pires, 1980 accepted as Paracerceis Hansen, 1905 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  135. Genus Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > junior objective synonym)
  136. Genus Spheroma Bosc, 1801 accepted as Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801 (unaccepted > misspelling - incorrect subsequent spelling)
  137. Genus Tagrosphaeroma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
  138. Subfamily Tecticipitinae Iverson, 1982 accepted as Tecticipitidae Iverson, 1982 (unaccepted > superseded rank)
  139. Genus Vallentinia Stebbing, 1914 accepted as Moruloidea Baker, 1908 (unaccepted > junior homonym, junior homonym of Vallentinia Browne, 1902 [Hydrozoa])
  140. Genus Ypsiloma Verhoeff, 1942 accepted as Exosphaeroma Stebbing, 1900 (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
(of Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details] OpenAccess publication
Boyko, C.B.; Bruce, N.L.; Campos-Filho, I.S.; Hadfield, K.A.; Hughes, T.; Merrin, K.L.; Ota, Y.; Poore, G.C.B. (Eds) (2026). 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 2026-07-15
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2004-12-21 15:54:05Z
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2005-05-02 12:40:44Z
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2007-11-27 17:31:00Z
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2008-01-24 01:45:52Z
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2008-01-31 17:05:46Z
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2010-02-11 03:24:25Z
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Nomenclature

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] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Sphaeromides Latreille, 1825) Latreille, P. A. (1825). <i>Familles naturelles du règne animal, exposé succinctement et dans un ordre analytique avec l'indication de leurs genres</i>. Paris: J. B. Baillière. 570 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/16094 [details] OpenAccess publication

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] 

Other

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  PDF available [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., available online at https://doi.org/10.1071/is02032 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [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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