Sphaeromatidea

	Sphaeromatidea Sphaeromatidea is a suborder of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans. Families The suborder contains seven extant and three extinct families in two superfamilies: Sphaeromatidea Archaeoniscus, Archaeoniscidae Seroloidea Basserolidae Bathynataliidae Plakarthriidae Schweglerellidae Serolidae Tricarinidae Sphaeromatoidea Ancinidae Sphaeromatidae Tecticipitidae References Sphaeromatidea, Isopoda Arthropod suborders {{Isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sphaeromatidea Sphaeromatidea is a suborder of Isopoda, isopod crustaceans. Families The suborder contains seven extant and three extinct families in two superfamilies: Sphaeromatidea Archaeoniscus, Archaeoniscidae Seroloidea Basserolidae Bathynataliidae Plakarthriidae Schweglerellidae Serolidae Tricarinidae Sphaeromatoidea Ancinidae Sphaeromatidae Tecticipitidae References Sphaeromatidea, Isopoda Arthropod suborders {{Isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:** [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, and five pairs of branching appendages on the abdomen that are used in respiration. Females brood their young in a pouch under their thorax. Isopods have various feeding methods: some eat dead or decaying plant and animal matter, others are grazers, or filter feeders, a few are predators, and some are internal or external parasites, mostly of fish. Aquatic species mostly live on the seabed or bottom of freshwater bodies of water, but some taxa can swim for a short distance. Terrestrial forms move around by crawling and tend to be found in cool, moist places. Some species are able to roll themselves into a ball as a defense mechanism or to conserve moisture. There are over 10,000 identified species of isopod worldwide, with around 4,50 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Archaeoniscus ''Archaeoniscus'' () is a genus of prehistoric isopods that first appeared during the Bajocian stage of the Middle Jurassic. It is a widespread genus with a paleogeographic distribution encompassing the continental margin environments of the central Atlantic Ocean and the western Tethys Ocean. Fossils of ''Archaeoniscus'' suggest that this genus lived in diverse aquatic habitats, including the marine, paralic, and freshwater environments. While earlier descriptions suggested that it may have had an parasitism, ectoparasitic association with fishes, some researchers argue that at least two species, ''A. aranguthyorum'' and ''A. coreaensis'', lived a benthic free-living lifestyle based on morphological characteristics that are either unsuitable for or unrelated to parasitic behavior. Six species have been named: two species are known from the Jurassic period rocks in Europe, and the other four are known from the Cretaceous period rocks in Europe, North America and East Asia. Of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Serolidae Serolidae is a family of isopod crustaceans, containing the following genera : '' Acanthoserolis'' Brandt, 1988 '' Acutiserolis'' Brandt, 1988 '' Atlantoserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Basserolis'' Poore, 1985 '' Brazilserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Brucerolis'' Poore & Storey, 2009 '' Caecoserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Ceratoserolis'' Cals, 1977 '' Cristaserolis'' Brandt, 1988 '' Frontoserolis'' Brandt, 1991 '' Glabroserolis'' Menzies, 1962 '' Heteroserolis'' Brandt, 1991 '' Leptoserolis'' Brandt, 1988 '' Myopiarolis'' Bruce, 2009 '' Neoserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Paraserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Sedorolis'' Bruce, 2009 '' Septemserolis'' Wägele, 1994 '' Serolella'' Pfeffer, 1891 '' Serolina'' Poore, 1987 '' Serolis'' Leach, 1818 '' Spinoserolis'' Brandt, 1988 '' Thysanoserolis'' Brandt, 1991 The family Serolidae encompasses 22 genera with 109 species. These species are exclusively marine and are distributed across the marine realms as follows: one species can be found ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sphaeromatidae Sphaeromatidae (marine pillbug family) is a family of isopods, often encountered on rocky shores and in shelf waters in temperate zones. The family includes almost 100 genera and 619 known marine species (and about 65 in fresh water). Within these genera, there are groups that share distinctive morphologies; further research may reclassify these genus-groups as separate families. Description Many species have a dorsoventrally compressed body shape, often with a vaulted dorsum, and some are strongly flattened (scale-like). Sphaeromatidae are browsers or detritus feeders. Xynosphaera appear to have incisory mandibles; ''Xynosphaera colemani'' burrows into the tissue of alcyonacean corals. Some genera of Sphaeromatidae associate with sponges, particularly Oxinasphaera. Genera The family contains the following genera: '' Afrocerceis'' Müller, 1995 '' Agostodina'' Bruce, 1994 ''Amphoroidea'' H. Milne-Edwards, 1840 '' Amphoroidella'' Baker, 1908 '' Apemosphaera'' Bruce, 1994 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Ancinidae Ancinidae is a family of isopods belonging to the order Isopoda Isopoda is an order of crustaceans that includes woodlice and their relatives. Isopods live in the sea, in fresh water, or on land. All have rigid, segmented exoskeletons, two pairs of antennae, seven pairs of jointed limbs on the thorax, an .... Genera: * '' Ancinus'' Milne Edwards, 1840 * '' Bathycopea'' Tattersall, 1905 References {{Taxonbar, from=Q11841125 Isopoda Crustacean families ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Tricarinidae ''Tricarina'' is an extinct genus of crustaceans in order Isopoda, known from a single incomplete fossil specimen from the Cretaceous of western Iran. It has a flattened body with three longitudinal ridges, which give it its name. Sources The single known specimen of ''Tricarina'' was discovered in a well core that had been bored at a site on the Khuzestan Plain in south-western Iran, at , and at a depth of . The rocks that contain it are calcareous shales, which form part of the Gadvan Formation, and are part of the main sequence of rocks for the production oil and gas around the Persian Gulf. Examination of the foraminiferan fossils show that the shales are Barremian to Aptian in age. Description The fossil of ''Tricarina gadvanensis'' is known from a part and counterpart from a core drilled to make an oil well. It has been deposited in the Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as specimen number CM 54197. A segment of the cylindrical core was cu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gnorimosphaeroma Oregonensis ''Gnorimosphaeroma oregonense'', the Oregon pill bug, is a small intertidal isopod crustacean. It is an oval-shaped organism roughly 6 mm in length, and about twice as long as it is wide. The primary habitat of ''G. oregonense'' is the mid-Californian to Alaskan coast, where it inhabits tidal pool A tide pool or rock pool is a shallow pool of seawater that forms on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. Many tide pool habitats are home to especially adaptable animals that ...s and the intertidal region up to depths of . References Sphaeromatidae Crustaceans of the eastern Pacific Ocean Crustaceans described in 1853 {{isopod-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Plakarthriidae ''Plakarthrium'' is a genus of crustaceans Crustaceans (Crustacea, ) form a large, diverse arthropod taxon which includes such animals as decapods, seed shrimp, branchiopods, fish lice, krill, remipedes, isopods, barnacles, copepods, amphipods and mantis shrimp. The crustacean group ... belonging to the monotypic family Plakarthriidae. The species of this genus are found in southernmost South Hemisphere. Species: '' Plakarthrium australiense'' '' Plakarthrium punctatissimum'' '' Plakarthrium typicum'' References {{Taxonbar, from=Q4351799 Isopoda ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]