Thermosphaeroma

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

Thermosphaeroma is a genus of crustacean in family Sphaeromatidae.[1] They occur exclusively in hot springs of southwestern United States and central Mexico.[2]

Species

The genus 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 [3]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma dugesi (Dollfus) 1893 [4]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma macrura Bowman 1985 [5]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma mendozai Schotte 2000[2]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma milleri Bowman 1981 [6]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma smithi Bowman 1981 [7]  Mexico
Thermosphaeroma subequalum Cole & Bane 1978 [8]  Mexico,  United States
Thermosphaeroma thermophilum (Richardson) 1897 [9]  United States

References

  1. 1 2 Neil L. Bruce & Marilyn Schotte (2009). M. Schotte, C. B. Boyko, N. L. Bruce, G. C. B. Poore, S. Taiti & G. D. F. Wilson, ed. "Thermosphaeroma Cole & Bane, 1978". World Marine, Freshwater and Terrestrial Isopod Crustaceans database. World Register of Marine Species. Retrieved April 11, 2010.
  2. 1 2 Schotte, Marilyn (2000). "Thermosphaeroma mendozai, a new species from hot springs in northern Chihuahua, Mexico (Crustacea: Isopoda: Sphaeromatidae)" (PDF). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 113 (4): 989–995.
  3. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma cavicauda". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  4. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma dugesi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  5. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma macrura". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  6. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma milleri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  7. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma smithi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  8. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma subequalum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
  9. Inland Water Crustacean Specialist Group (1996). "Thermosphaeroma thermophilum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2009.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
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