MSBIAS taxon details
Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801
955716 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:955716)
accepted
Genus
Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802 · unaccepted > junior objective synonym
- Species Sphaeroma serratum (J. C. Fabricius, 1787)
- Species Sphaeroma hookeri Leach, 1814 accepted as Lekanesphaera hookeri (Leach, 1814) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphaeroma monodi Arcangeli, 1934 accepted as Lekanesphaera monodi (Arcangeli, 1934) (unaccepted > superseded combination)
- Species Sphaeroma rugicauda Leach, 1814 accepted as Lekanesphaera rugicauda (Leach, 1814) (basionym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
recent + fossil
neuter
Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details] 
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. Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801. Accessed through: The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026) Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications at: https://www.marinespecies.org/msbias/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955716 on 2026-10-05
The UK Marine Environmental Data and Information Network (2026). Marine Species of Britain, Ireland and Adjacent Seas (MSBIAS): a checklist of species derived from the UNICORN and Marine Recorder applications. Sphaeroma Bosc, 1801. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/MSBIAS/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=955716 on 2026-10-05
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Bosc, L.A.G. (1801). Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, Contenant leur Description et leurs Moeurs; avec Figures Dessinées d'Après Nature. Tome premier. <em>Suite à Boffon, Paris.</em> Deterville, Paris, 258 pp., pls. 1–8., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6256135#page/15/mode/1up [details]
original description (of Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Boyko, C. B.; Ahyong, S. T. (2025). On the publication date of <i>Sphaeroma</i> Bosc, 1801 (Crustacea: Isopoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5647(5): 496–498., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.8 [details] Available for editors
original description (of Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802) Latreille, P.A. (1802 - 1805). Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière des Crustacés et des Insectes. Familles naturelles des genre. [Natural History, General and Particular, of Crustaceans and Insects. Natural Families of Genera.]. <em>Ouvrage faisant suite à l'Histoire Naturelle générale et particulière, composée par Leclerc de Buffon, et rédigée par C.S. Sonnini, membre de plusieurs Sociétés savantes. de L'imprimerie de F. Dufart, Paris.</em> 14 vols:413 pp., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24884876 [details]
context source (PeRMS) Delgado, J. G. Z.; Conde, E. G. T.; Miranda, J. D. H. (2021). Lista sistemática de isópodos marinos del Perú, primer registro de" Isocladus bahamondei" Carvacho, 1997 (Crustacea, Peracarida) y aportes de su ecología para la costa peruana. <em>Revista de Investigaciones Marinas.</em> 41(2), 22-35. [details]
additional source Boyko, C. B.; Ahyong, S. T. (2025). On the publication date of <i>Sphaeroma</i> Bosc, 1801 (Crustacea: Isopoda). <em>Zootaxa.</em> 5647(5): 496–498., available online at https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.5647.5.8 [details] Available for editors
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL) (from synonym Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeroma) (from synonym Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeroma)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeroma) (from synonym Sphaeroma Latreille, 1802)
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Sphaeroma)
Unreviewed
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